Rolls-Royce Zenith, the Very Last Phantom

MANILA: Rolls-Royce Phantom is no less than a legend in the auto arena and well for that matter every Rolls-Royce is indeed a masterpiece in itself that’s both hard to resist and achieve. Concentrating our minds on Phantom for a while is really important, as the car will be soon bidding its farwell. Shocking! isn't it and this makes one wonder why a car like Phantom needs to leave, when it's still doing so great and has a queue of endless admirers waiting outside its doors. But like every good thing comes to an end, Phantom’s end too is scheduled and this fact cannot be revised. Well, the announcement of Phantom leaving ‘FOREVER’ was not a sudden decision, as the company spoke about it previously in February, 2016.

Recently, some new advancements took place on the soon to say ‘bye-bye’ Phantom front that came forward in the form of last batch Rolls-Royce Phantom unveiling, tagged under the name, Zenith.

Time to learn some facts on the last edition of Phantom -

• Rolls-Royce restricted Zenith production to 50 units and it didn’t came as much of a surprise that all the 50 units are already sold.
• The fifty unit limited Phantom was manufactured in both drophead and coupe form, allowing the buyers to choose their preference.
• Zenith signifies an imaginary point above a location in the celestial space, so you can imagine the strong aura this car holds.
• Keeping in mind its massive appeal, Rolls-Royce unveiled the beauty at the 2016 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este.

• Zenith is art, inspired from all the previously created Phantom’s. Inside the car you’ll find clues taken from Phantom II Continental, Phantom Drophead Coupe and Phantom Coupe.
• It carries some state of the art technologies that were never used by Rolls-Royce in any of its previous car.
• When Zenith owners received the car’s delivery, they didn’t just got the car alone but were gifted a priceless potable momento from Rolls-Royce.

• The end of Phantom VII would mean beginning of a new chapter in Rolls-Royce’s history book, titled under the name Phantom VIII.

This was just an overview on Zenith, let’s now get into its minutest of detail and find out what unique features Rolls-Royce has embedded it with -

Rolls-Royce Phantom Zenith, as mentioned earlier celebrates the glorious history of the compaey’s espoke product Phantom and thus, is heavily inspired with the same and some of companies other art works. Supporting the fact are its exterior body splashes - Jubilee Silver & Madeira Red that were earlier only seen in Phantom II. Further, giving the car a modern twist are present other color options like Midnight Blue and Arctic White.

That’s all on the exterior front, coming to its interior profile, Zenith is tuned with some best-in-class features that will surely open your mouth out of surprise. To the list of its enticing features are present

• A laser etched armrest that is tuned to show global locations of 100EX and 101EX.
• A removable aluminum case that holds every vehicle's unique VIN number.

• A unique black finish on the center console that till date was used in gun making.
• A champagne fridge (2 bottle capacity) and glass case in the trunk that can be enjoyed with a table like opening leather padded tailgate.

That’s all we have to say on Phantom Zenith front, whose limited 50 units have already been sold. Well, don’t disappoint yourself as Rolls-Royce will soon launch Phantom VIII, the car that will be underpinned by the much talked about aluminum space frame.