Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe

Our verdict

The most exclusive, awe-inspiring coupe ever? The Phantom Coupe is right up there…

Comfort

Masses of the stuff. Even though this is the so-called performance car of the Rolls-Royce range, it’s still more comfortable than your own personal cloud. If you’re looking to splash out – and hell, you’re buying a Phantom Coupe, so you’d better be – go for the optional ‘Starlight’ headlining: 1600 lovely little twinkling lights on the ceiling. Ahhh.

Performance

Rolls-Royce’s legendary 6.75-litre V12 provides the power here: all 453bhp and 531lb ft of torque of it. Which means a sub-six second 0-60mph sprint and a top speed in excess of 150mph. In a car with roughly the same kerbweight as a cruise liner.

Cool

Oh, yes. If you don’t get the sheer coolness of the Phantom Coupe, we presume you’re currently driving a blinged-up Range Rover Sport around Chessex.

Quality

Unsurpassed. You could happily spend a day poking around all the glorious detailing on the Phantom Coupe – the suicide doors, the umbrellas that pop out of the front wings, the thick carpet, the switchgear – but you’d probably rather just go and drive the thing, right?

Handling

The Rolls Coupe handles. Really, it does. We understand why you’re sceptical – it is slightly longer and wider than Dorset after all – but the steering and ride have been firmed up and there’s even a ‘sport’ button. A sport button! In a Rolls! We’d actually be angry if it wasn’t so damn good.

Practicality

Practical in the way that having a personal, highly-paid assassin is practical.

Running costs

It costs over £300,000. We think you can guess the rest.