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$320k Rolls-Royce Wraith announced with Satellite-aided Transmission
Every time Rolls-Royce announce a new car, it is destined to make headlines in every luxury blog and zine. However, the Wraith tingled our geek nerves with the inclusion of cool technology in addition to the opulence. Powered by a V12 engine, paired to an 8-speed automatic ZF transition, the car can pump out 624…
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Fully-functional Rolls-Royce jet engine built out of 152,455 LEGO bricks
Building a Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engine replica out of 152,455 standard LEGO bricks is quite a feat. The 307kg (677 pounds), 2 meters (6.6 feet) long and 1.5 meters (4.9 feet) wide LEGO Rolls-Royce jet engine was unveiled at the Farnborough International Airshow and is touted to be the ‘world’s most complex LEGO structure ever…
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Rolls-Royce tests its electric-Phantom sedan
Even the rich & famous make an effort to conserve the environment. While fuel fluctuations might not be something they fret about, manufacturers of Rolls Royce are finally unveiling the 102EX, or Phantom Experimental Electric. A one-off fully electric powered Phantom prototype will debut at the Geneva Motor Show on March 1, 2011. However, this…
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Roll out with your own virtual, customized Rolls Royce from your iPhone
Rolls Royce the aristocracy of the vehicle world has just ‘rolled out’ it’s very first iPhone application. In case you’re wondering, it has no connectivity features that tie in with your car but it’s more of a game. It allows users to customize their own ‘virtual’ car, the RR Ghost. You can choose from a…
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Rolls Royce Phantom may get electric in 2010
Rools Royce have given us some really cool hopes as far as their uber cool upgrades are concerned. According to the company, the Phantom may roll out with an electric version of the classic automobile masterpiece. If you’re wondering how can it be possible for an electric engine to drive a car this massive, well,…
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This Rolls-Royce Phantom beats bullets and blasts with Mutec’s armor
Hell yeah! I loved Death Race and all the twisting and turning of metal as the cars rammed into obstacles and into one another. Though they didn’t really last a whole tide of atrocities, durability was something the makers worked on. That’s because they didn’t have this powerful vehicle armor by German company Mutec that’s…
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The limited edition Rolls Royce Phantom Bespoke for the oil rich Persian Gulf
You are either a Sheikh or a multi-trillionaire to own this; the rest of us losers can drool on the pictures on the net. I mean when you have car companies all over the world struggling to stay open, we have Rolls Royce doubling capacity to meet demand. The irony is that Rolls Royce is…
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Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead performs donuts
Some ultra rich, ultra spoiled and ultra bored guys had found a new way to enjoy the Phantom. These rich hooligans have attempted to perform donuts around other parked cars with a Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead. Well for those of you who don’t know, this car weighs close to 3 tonnes with fuel and passengers…
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Rolls Royce 200EX has something for the ladies as well
You haven’t been struck with the novel thought of a purse holder in a car as yet, have you? Well, Rolls Royce sure has. With their latest, the 200EX, there comes along a purse holder at the backseat. The holder is large enough to hold most of the overburdened purses of Rolls Royce women. Probing…
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More details on Rolls Royce RR4 available
The new 500bhp (upwards of 373kW/507PS), 6.6 litre, turbo charged V12 engine will be unique to Rolls-Royce and the company says its 8-speed automatic ZF gearbox will significantly improve fuel and CO2 efficiency over the Phantom series launched in 2003. But the fact is the car is aimed at customers who don’t keep a tab…