Rolls-Royce Phantom VI
| Rolls Royce | |
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 Mulliner Park Ward limousine
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| Phantom VI | |
| Production period: | 1968-1991 |
| Class : | Upper class |
| Body versions : | Pullman limousine , landaulet |
| Engines: |
Gasoline engines : 6.25–6.75 liters |
| Length: | 6045 mm |
| Width: | 2007 mm |
| Height: | 1753 mm |
| Wheelbase : | 3683 mm |
| Empty weight : | about 2500 kg |
| Previous model | Rolls-Royce Phantom V |
The Rolls-Royce Phantom VI was a luxury chauffeur-driven limousine that the British automobile manufacturer Rolls-Royce offered from 1968 to 1991. The vehicle followed the Phantom V and had the engine of the Silver Shadow . Most of the bodies were produced by Mulliner Park Ward .
History and technology
The Phantom VI followed in 1968 as a further development of the Phantom V, which has been offered since 1959 . The vehicle had a modified front and the engine of the contemporary Silver Shadow . This engine was a revised version of the V8 engine from the Silver Cloud III. In 1979 the displacement was increased to 6,750 cm³ and a three-stage automatic instead of the four-stage automatic that had been delivered up to then was introduced. The last Rolls-Royce with a separate frame was offered until 1991. The landing gear had coil springs in the front and rear and drum brakes on all four wheels.
The bodies were usually built by Mulliner Park Ward , mostly Pullman sedans , but some landaulets as well . The Phantom VI has a V8 engine with a 90 ° cylinder angle and a displacement of 6,231 cm³ (bore × stroke = 104.14 mm × 91.44 mm). In 1982 the displacement was increased to 6750 cm³ when the engine of the Silver Spirit was taken over. Two SU carburettors were attached. Originally the car had a four-speed automatic, but a three-speed automatic with torque converter was introduced in 1979.
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The automobile fleet of the British Queen Elizabeth II contains two Phantom VI models, the special edition Silver Jubilee Car , which the British automobile industry gave her in 1977 for the 25th anniversary of the throne, and a standard model from 1986. The Silver Jubilee Car with the raised roof and The state coach No. 1 of the larger windows was until the introduction of the two Bentley State Limousines in 2002. Like the other British state coaches, the Phantom VI have no official registration and are prepared for attaching the royal standard and the royal coat of arms. When the queen uses the carriage herself, Spirit of Ecstasy is replaced by a special figure of St. George with the dragon made of solid silver.
successor
In the 1970s there were considerations for a successor Phantom VII based on the body of the Silver Shadow, but these plans were dropped; this vehicle was never realized. There were no prototypes of it. It was not until 1998 that a new concept began under the aegis of BMW , which has been produced since 2003 under the name Rolls-Royce Phantom . Technically, however, the 2003 model has nothing in common with the Rolls-Royce Phantom VI, which has a similar name. Since the 2003 model is already the seventh vehicle model to be named Rolls-Royce Phantom , it has often been incorrectly referred to as the Phantom VII . Some dealers abroad actually sell it under this name.
Production number
374 copies were built up to 1991. The London coachbuilder Mulliner Park Ward closed in 1991. Before going out of business, a large number of body panels were produced. Rolls-Royce therefore has many spare parts for the Phantom VI. Between 1995 and 1997, three visually similar vehicles called Cloudesque were made for the Sultan of Brunei .
additional
- Pop singer Christian Anders owned a Phantom VI in the 1970s. The allegedly gold-plated vehicle was often a topic in the media. In his autobiography, Anders later stated that the vehicle was not gold-plated, but was merely painted gold by Auto Becker . Rolls-Royce itself did not offer gold-colored paintwork at the time and did not offer a special paintwork when Anders asked. The vehicle was also used in the 1979 film The Brood of Evil .
literature
- David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975. Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 1997, ISBN 1-874105-93-6 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d e Basil Cardew, Joyce Wilkins, Gordon Wilkins: Daily Express Review 1975 Cars. Beaverbrook Newspapers, London 1974, ISBN 0-85079-064-6 .
- ↑ Rolls-Royce Cloudesque (1995–1997)
- ↑ [Christian Anders - A train is going to nowhere, p. 151]