Photoshoot: Suicide doors are not safe? Well, Rolls Royce are doing them...

[MasterFocus]

Phantom Series II changes –at a glance:
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Phantom’s striking and modern front end best encapsulates the essence of changes that lie beneath:

• A modern front face, featuring rectangular LED headlamp clusters, indicator strip and new front bumper design
• The first car manufacturer to offer full LED headlamps as standard, incorporating curve light functionality and adaptive headlamps for enhanced road illumination
• New single piece grille surround for Phantom Drophead Coupé and Phantom Coupé; colour coded grille surround offered as an option
• Three new wheel finishes available across the range
• Redesigned rear bumper for Phantom Saloon incorporating polished stainless steel highlight and new seat flute design across the ragne

Sublime and effortless: enhanced assistance, connectivity and infotainment systems:

• Fully updated satellite navigation system featuring 3D map display and landscape topography, satellite view, guided tours, enhanced points of interest and composite route planning function
• Larger control centre display and eight functional bookmarks in chrome for easy selection of key functions
• New chrome rotary controller, flanked by function keys including menu, navigation and telephone
• Enhanced assistance provided by camera system, featuring top view, automatic rear path prediction and split-front view
• Smart phone cradle, 12V and USB port in centre console; abundant hard drive for storing music accessible via additional glove compartment USB port

Excellence in engineering and pinnacle performance:

• New 8-speed automatic gearbox and rear differential, complement peerless direct injection V12 engine improving performance and serene Phantom ride experience
• Fuel consumption improves by 10 percent across the range; CO2 emissions down from 385 to 347g/km
• Enhancements to Phantom’s lightweight aluminium spaceframe, including the addition of brace bars for optional Phantom Saloon dynamic package featuring stiffer suspension, visible exhausts, thicker steering wheel, alternative gearbox tuning and linear braking characteristics
• Front door side pockets now slightly smaller, due to the addition of a crash pad, for more even distribution of forces in a 30° side-impact pole tests.​

Craftsmanship:

It takes 60 pairs of hands and more than 450 hours to design, construct and craft each Rolls-Royce motor car. At the Home of Rolls-Royce in Goodwood there are around 1,000 employees, including craftspeople working in wood and leather shops, making the world’s finest cars. And just two robots in the paint shop to provide a seamless quality of finish. Only the finest materials are used and these are painstakingly prepared so their inherent beauty is displayed to best effect.

2012 Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe Series II

 

[cobrAAA]

ça change quoi que la porte ouvre d'un bord ou de l'autre? à l'ouvre pareil !?

 

[RedLemon]

Dangereux?

 

[allroad]

I love this car, represents opulence and luxury to the max copared to others who think an A3 or A-class is luxury.

 

[carotman]

C'est affreux la petite fenêtre de côté en avant!

 

[Carbon_Blue_GT]

I can imagine in the city when you open the door and a bike or a car hits you. Instead of the door being ripped appart you'll get it in the legs and body.

Other than that I'm pretty sure it's not possible to open the doors while moving.

 

[mustangup]

C'est seulement un deux portes. Je me suis jamais atarder a etudier l'histoire derrière les portes suicides mais j'ai l'impression que la legiferation découlais de la mauvaise qualité d'assemblage de l'epoque...

Vue que les première porte suicide etait en fait des 4 portes, les constructeurs minimisais la solidité du pilier "B" car le pillier n'avait pas a soutenir de porte causant ainsi de multiple deces en colision laterale. À la suite de quoi les pro-sécurité en partenaria evec les politicien ont fais leur "excellente" job.

 

[Twon]

Jamais compris pourquoi c'est appelé des portes suicides. Parce qu'on peut l'ouvrir en roulant pour se crisser dehors?!?

 

[MasterFocus]

Jamais compris pourquoi c'est appelé des portes suicides. Parce qu'on peut l'ouvrir en roulant pour se crisser dehors?!?

Parce qu'en roulant, lors d'un virage les portes pouvaient ouvrir et vue qu'a l'époque, la qualitée d'assemblage et le manque d'équipements de sécurité (ceintures) les gens étaient progeté dehors du véhicule.

 

[silvertsi]

The plastics look cheap

 

[Ayashifx55]

how many millions for this car?
Now ,I feel like chryslers gonna have a 300Cc (300C coupe) so old people can feel like their driving a rolls royce.

 

[cassard]

I love this car, represents opulence and luxury to the max copared to others who think an A3 or A-class is luxury.

lol comparing a 20 000 $ car vs a 450 000 $ car and totally not the same category. Of course it's the top of luxury. But like I said, even if you don't considere the A3 or A class luxury, it is.

 

[CRNKY]

the inside is ugly like the 300C, it will please the people over 60

 

[Broody]

C'est facile de faire de beaux intérieurs quand le char coûte le prix d'une maison...

 

[Vtecjustkickedin]

That Phantom Coupe is damn near perfect if not perfect.

 

[g-ng]

C'est facile de faire de beaux intérieurs quand le char coûte le prix d'une maison...

 

[rebel]

why in the world do you still have knobs for the temperature setting ( a/c and heating? jesus..I hope those knobs have other functions...

 

[allroad]

lol comparing a 20 000 $ car vs a 450 000 $ car and totally not the same category. Of course it's the top of luxury. But like I said, even if you don't considere the A3 or A class luxury, it is.

clearly you do not understand sarcasm and your definition of luxury is skewed. Typical of nouveaux riche, you equate luxury to a badge and leather seats.

 

[portugz]

goddamn that thing is beautiful.
love the umbrellas at the car door opening, pure class.

 

[lol_face3]

so boss.