After the unseemly scuffle between rival Germans over who was going to pinch which bit of the auto Crown Jewels, it was BMW who emerged clutching Rolls-Royce. Sacrilege? Not if you judge them by their wholly British factory at Goodwood and the imperiously true-to-the-history luxo-barges it lovingly produces.
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Drophead
Can you carry this off? Winning the Lottery isn’t enough – you need a freakish level of assured unflappability to pilot what is basically a yacht, complete with decking.
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Phantom
$263,200 - $311,375
If you have to ask about depreciation, you can’t afford it. Which is just as well, as it will lose a grand a week in value over three years. What the hell, it’s only money.
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Phantom Coupe
A Rolls-Royce with sporting pretentions? Dash and blast it, what the bally Moses do those cads think they're doing? If it wasn't so dashed fantastic I'd take my stick to them.
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