Tycoon

The most expensive Rolls-Royce super-luxury car ever made has just been sold to a Chinese property developer in Beijing, the legendary marque's chairperson Ian Robertson said on Thursday.
The $2.2m built-to-order stretch Rolls-Royce Phantom boasts state-of-the art gadgets including an LCD entertainment system. It also has two rows of rear seats, facing each other.
"It was the most expensive car we've ever done," said Robertson, in Hong Kong for the unveiling of a fleet of 14 new Phantoms at the city's Peninsula Hotel.
Robertson wouldn't disclose the name of the buyer.
China has overtaken Japan as Rolls-Royce's biggest Asian market, with sales growth this year of 60% driven by the country's newly-rich entrepreneurs splashing out on the trappings of wealth.
The former British motoring legend is now owned by German car manufacturer BMW, which produces the Phantoms from a new factory in Goodwood, South England


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Mr. M

It is without a question that China will become RR's biggest market, eventually. There's a lot of new wealth.

Centurion

Here are pictures of the RR Phantom galore:

Phantom x 14 Fantastic colour combo too.

Zonda

Very nice pics!

Mr. M

Holy mama! Thanks Luw!

The Artist

hot colour..cash money dollar green..haha

Gullwing

There was a James Bond movie, I think The Man With The golden Gun.
He follows a Green Rolls Royce in Hong Kong, all Green Rolls Royce belonged to a hotel.
I guess it is that hotel.

Mr. M

My dad says its a six-star hotel in Hong Kong, the Peninsula. What a collection of Phantoms they have... I believe they have old RRs as well.

450SEL6.9

Hope I'm not too late to this nice thread.

First, there are no official Six-Star Hotels in the world. I think the rating, done by Conde Nast, tops out at Six-Star.
However, I think my info may be outdated.

Peninsula is controlled by a wealthy Jewish family in Hong Kong, the Kadoories. The hotel had a huge car pool since
the 1970s and 1980s. Another hotel near the Peninsula, Regent, used primarily Daimler DS420s. Some of those were
put up for sale. I wonder what happened to the retired Peninsula cars. They were primarily Silver Clouds and Phantom Vs.

I don't understand why this Rolls-Royce costs $2.2 million. The Phantom LWB goes for $7 million Hong Kong Dollars or
$900,000 US. Hong Kong has a hefty car tax, but $2.2 million? What currency is that? The only way the price tag
could reach that much would be installation of armouring.

ZicZachZo

Is anyone else worried about the fast growth of China in the recent years and the fact that it is only growing? I think it's great that they are totally modernizing and what not. But, it is rather scary to think what the world will be like with essentially 2 USAs...