Posts Tagged ‘rolls royce’
The design of a Rolls-Royce is so iconic that it's not terribly difficult to imagine what the luxury brand's next model, a smaller sedan priced well below the Rolls-Royce Phantom, Phantom Drophead and Phantom Coupe, will look like. CAR Magazine, however, has enough Photoshop skills to transform an o......
Daimler considers shutting down Maybach
Monday, March 17th, 2008
Daimler will take the next two years to decide whether to invest more in its failing Maybach flagship marque or else shut it down. This comes from the mouth of Daimler and Mercedes chief Dr. Dieter Zetsche, who inherited the problem-child brand from his predecessor, ex-CEO Juergen Schrempp.
After di......
Rolls on a roll: Phantom Coupe sold out already
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Click for more high-res images of the Phantom CoupeRolls Royce has been on a roll of late, with a 25-percent increase in global production in 2007, and the gorgeous new Phantom Coupe ready to add to last year's record totals. Since the official announcement of the ultra-luxury two-door, 200 orders h......
Geneva 2008: Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe a real GT?
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Click image above for high-res live gallery of the new RR Coupe from GenevaPerhaps calling it a true GT might have been a bit of a stretch, but with changes to the chassis, steering, brakes and suspension, Rolls Royce promised that this new Phantom Coupe would take Rolls into a new market. Appearin......
Geneva ‘08 Preview: Castagna to show custom RR Phantom Coupe Royale
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
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The Autoblog crew is setting off for Geneva to bring you all the goodies, and along with the wealth of exciting new production cars and concepts, there'll be a whole mess of customized tuner cars, as well. Usually the latter comes after the former, but in this one case both wi......
Ferrari setting up shop in Japan
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Ferrari 60 Relay passes through Kyoto, JapanFerrari has wholly-owned local subsidiaries in the United States, Great Britain, Germany, France and China. Yet despite being its second-largest market in the world for years now, Ferrari's interests in Japan have until now been represented by an independ......
VIDEO: Rolex ad features Pagani Zonda
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
What car would you associate with a Rolex? A Rolls-Royce? A Mercedes-Benz? How about a Pagani Zonda F Roadster? Never mind that, like a great many ultra-exotic supercars, the Zonda has a wristwatch of its own, made by Cvstos. Rolex may have the most recognized name in the business – and a longstan......
Maserati NA chief Selwa quits
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
In a surprising announcement made before the weekend, Maserati North America revealed that its CEO James Selwa is leaving the company. Selwa's departure comes at a busy time for Maserati, which is just launching the GranTurismo, a model on which it is counting highly, on the North American market, w......
Geneva ‘08 Preview: Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe breaks cover
Sunday, December 9th, 2007
click above for high-res gallery of the Rolls-Royce Phantom CoupeRolls-Royce has released pics of the Phantom Coupé, and if any one from Rolls is reading this, you can sign us up for one in every color. And we don't mean the standard colors -- we mean every single color. Sure, the car only has two ......
Baby Roller coming in 2010
Thursday, December 6th, 2007
Inside Line has... well, the inside line on the oft-rumored Baby Roller, which is due to go on sale sometime in 2010. The new model won't share an engine with a current BMW product, but it's assumed that the new 7-series will serve as the platform for what's being referred to as the RR4.The recent r......