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The New Rolls Royce Phantom EWB
EWB = Extended Wheel Base
You can find the new Rolls Royce Phantom Long Wheelbase for sale in the more discerning showrooms where the
ultimate in luxury cars are sold.
This car caters to those who like to sit in the most important seat of a Rolls Royce car.
That isn't the driver's seat, though driving one is the dream of millions; it's the seat behind where those who
own this prestigious type of car get driven around.
With lesser cars you might look at the driver with envy, but with a Rolls Royce Phantom Long Wheelbase you look
at the person behind the driver with even greater envy.
A peek inside the Rolls Royce Phantom Long Wheelbase ...
The Phantom long wheelbase, known by the company as the Phantom extended wheelbase saloon, offers passengers an
extra 250 millimetres of leg room. 
That's close to 10 inches, and if you are a long tall person, that extra ten inches will be greatly
appreciated.
This makes the interior of the Phantom long wheelbase exceptionally roomy.
This is a luxury car, and the fittings inside certainly reflect that.
Your feet sink into the deep pile of pure Blenheim wool carpet.
The carpet also helps to deaden road noises, keeping the interior even more private and exclusive with a quiet
ambience of calm and serenity.
The floor is flat and almost looks like a space where one could stretch out and relax.
This is the base of the interior, and it just gets better from there.
Soft leather upholstery dominates the seating space of this car. If you like the smell of soft leather, the
feel of it against your body, then you will love the Rolls Royce Long Wheelbase.
It takes two weeks for the experts working on each of these cars to complete the hand stitching and other
leather work required on the seats.
A total of 11 hides are used for each car.
They are all from the same batch, and careful preparation is essential to ensure the necessary consistency of
texture and colour in each car.
Don't expect to find any imperfections; there simply won't be any.
The sheer beauty and joy to be found in wood veneer is hard to equal.
A single tree is used to ensure consistency of colour and appearance.
The veneer is used on the doors and the dashboard, and they add a real splash of elegance of the kind half
forgotten from a bygone age when splendour was more commonplace.
The wood veneer comes from trees such as ash, elm, oak, mahogany, walnut and others.
Colours range from warm sunny yellow to inky jet black, with reds and hues of blue, grey and brown in
between.
Wood veneer can also be crossbanded to provide contrast and interest.
The skills involved in this highly complex task can take a month or more to complete.
A look around the outside of the Rolls Royce Phantom Long Wheelbase
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The Rolls Royce Phantom Long Wheelbase has the classic look of a Rolls Royce car.
Its design suggests movement even when it is stationary.
This is achieved through having the roof line curve downwards towards the rear, and having the lower body line
sweep upwards. However, without the 2 to 1 wheel-to-height ratio, this effect would not be nearly as
perfect.
Viewed from the front, there is no mistaking the highly distinctive grille with its double R emblem
proudly mounted
in upper front place.
Ian Cameron is the chief designer for this car.
Looking at it you wonder how it could possibly have been designed in any other way.
There is something strongly reminiscent of its many predecessors in the design elements, yet it is wholly
its
own character.
There is a short overhang from the front wheels, and a longer one from the rear wheels. The spaceframe is made
of aluminium parts all welded together.
There are some 500 different parts, and the welding amounts to over 100 metres when the individual welds
are added up.
The spaceframe is light, but very, very strong.
It is stiff and robust, yet soft and yielding under the superb air-cushioned suspension of the car.
According to Ian Cameron, the chief designer, ''The challenge was to create a longer, more spacious motor car
without compromising the elegant lines of the original."
Anyone comparing the two models will agree they have certainly achieved their objective admirably.
The extra length of the Rolls Royce Phantom Long Wheelbase is mainly in the rear seating compartment. This
makes sense as it is the passengers who deserve the extra comfort and luxury afforded by the car.
There is now ample space inside for a fridge, a cigar humidor, a drinks cabinet, and even a television set.
Yet the appearance from the outside is one of added sleekness, perhaps as a cheetah in flight.
The engine and transmission of the Rolls Royce Phantom Long Wheelbase
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The powerhouse under the bonnet of this car is the V12, 48 valve, direct injection, 6.749 cubic centilitre
engine. It's CO2 emissions are 377 grams per kilometre, which is perhaps not the most environmentally friendly
you can find, but much better than most of its predecessors, nevertheless.
It consumes 25.0 litres per 100 kilometres in urban town and city conditions, 11.5 litres per 100 kilometres in
motorway and open country settings, which is a combined total of 16.5 litres per 100 kilometres.
The engine is primarily designed to burn octane grade 95 petroleum fuel, but it can burn fuel of an octane
grade down to 91 if required.
The transmission is the ZF 6HP32, a six-speed automatic gearbox, electronically operated.
It is smooth and seamless in operation, taking this car from 0 to 62 mph in just 5.9 seconds, and topping
out at 150 mph.
The Rolls Royce Phantom Long Wheelbase was launched just two years after the standard Phantom. Unlike some
extended wheelbase cars, where the chassis and spaceframe is simply cut and extra bits added, this car had its
chassis and spaceframe built from scratch, with compromising strength or rigidity.
This is a car for the more discerning car owner, and those seeking a new Rolls Royce Phantom Long Wheelbase for
sale will certainly know exactly what they want.
Call sparkscars.com today for the very best deals on new Rolls
Royce Phantom cars
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