Sincane kakhulu isikhathi esisele sokuthi sihlangane nomlandeli weRolls-Royce Phantom. Kuzoba isizukulwane sesishiyagalombili sozalo olunwebeka ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, ikakhulukazi kusukela ngo-1925. I-Phantom yokugcina yahlala ikhiqizwa iminyaka engu-13 - phakathi kuka-2003 no-2016 - futhi yabona uchungechunge olubili nemizimba emithathu: isaluni, i-coupe kanye ne-convertible.
Bekuyimodeli egqamile emazingeni amaningana, ephawuleka ngokuba iRolls-Royce yokuqala eyathuthukiswa ngemuva kokutholwa kohlobo lwaseBrithani ngabakwaBMW.
Ngokuqondene nesizukulwane esisha se-Rolls-Royce Phantom, konke kuzoba kusha ngempumelelo. Ukuqala ngeplatifomu ezosebenzisa kakhulu i-aluminium ekwakhiweni kwayo. Le nkundla izokwabelwana ngayo ne-SUV yomkhiqizo engakaze ibonwe, kuze kube manje eyaziwa ngokuthi iphrojekthi yaseCullinan. Sethemba ukuthi iPhantom entsha izohlala ithembekile ekucushweni kweV12, nakuba kungakacaci ukuthi izosebenzisa injini ekhona njengamanje engu-6.75 litre (atmospheric), noma injini yeGhost engu-6.6 litre (ene-supercharge).
I-Rolls-Royce, ilungiselela ukufika kwefulegi layo elisha, izohlela umbukiso eMayfair, eLondon ozokhumbula izizukulwane eziyisikhombisa ze-Phantom kakade ezaziwayo. Isihloko esithi “AmaPhantom Amakhulu Ayisishiyagalombili”, izohlanganisa ndawonye ikhophi yomlando yesizukulwane ngasinye sePhantom, ekhethwe ngesandla yizindaba okufanele bazixoxe. Njengoba ividiyo yembula, ikhophi yokuqala ekhethiwe kuzoba iRolls-Royce Phantom I ekaFred Astaire, umdansi odumile waseMelika, umculi, umdwebi wamaculo, umlingisi kanye nomethuli wethelevishini.
Umkhiqizo uzoqhubeka nokwembula, isonto nesonto, ikhophi yesizukulwane ngasinye se-Phantom, kugcine kwethulwe isizukulwane sesishiyagalombili salo modeli, ngoJulayi 27.