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The 2007 Phantom is a 4-door, up to 5-passenger luxury sedan, available in one trim only, the Sedan.

Upon introduction, the Phantom is equipped with a standard 6.75-liter, V12, 453-horsepower engine that achieves 12-mpg in the city and 19-mpg on the highway. A 6-speed automatic transmission with overdrive is standard.

The 2007 Phantom is a carryover from 2006 that speaks for itself with its original design.

From the moment work started on the formative concept sketches of the Phantom, it was crucial that the design team, led by Ian Cameron, had an instinctive feel for what makes a the unmistakable Rolls-Royce ‘look’.

A bold and distinctive feature of the Phantom are the rear-hinged coach doors. While they undoubtedly offer an added sense of occasion when entering and exiting the car, the coach doors also perform an important safety function. Side-impact protection is much-improved, both as a result of rear passengers sitting inside the fixed body structure of the car, and thanks to a significant intrusion reduction over a standard rear door configuration.

The door aperture is tall, which when combined with the Phantom’s flat floor and lack of door sills means it is easier to enter and exit the car.

Traditionally painted in a colour to match the interior trim, many customers now elect to have coachlines - both single and twin - in contrasting colours, and sometimes request additional hand-painted monograms or emblems, to further personalise their cars.

Ensuring the Phantom was as quiet as possible, both outside, to foster an impression of silent power, and inside, to create a uniquely hushed ambience, was a major objective for our engineers.

To achieve this, special ‘whisper-valves’ are fitted in the exhaust system, to render the Phantom almost completely silent when stationary, and when moving away from a standstill. The ultra-rigid aluminium spaceframe plays a major role in preventing squeaks and rattles, while extensive use of sound-deadening materials around the Phantom’s structure absorbs what little engine noise there is. To isolate occupants from wind noise the side windows feature laminated acoustic glass, while a double bulkhead separates the engine bay from the passenger compartment, and the Phantom’s double floor has a similar silencing effect on road noise.

More than simply a humble space to stow luggage, the Phantom’s luggage compartment is finished to the same luxurious standards as the passenger compartment. Normally trimmed in black wool carpet, it is possible to have trim that matches that of the interior, or even deck-style teak, with bi-folding hatches revealing two lower compartments.

Our Bespoke service also offers a number of boot-mounted options, including tailor-made picnic hampers, cool boxes and even a safe for your most precious items. A powered, soft-close lid is fitted as standard and can be operated via the remote locking fob for ultimate convenience.

Technology has been at the core of Rolls-Royce’s engineering philosophy for more than a century. It’s appropriate, therefore, that the Phantom is built around a highly advanced aluminium spaceframe - the largest of its kind ever made in the automotive sector.

Though hidden from view, it is one of the undoubted engineering highlights of the car, comprising some 200 extruded aluminium sections and more than 300 parts made of sheet alloy. Highly-skilled craftsmen weld the structure together by hand, completing some 150-metres of weld in 2,000 separate locations.

Designed to be immensely strong, for safety, and rigid, to provide a solid platform around which the rest of the car can be built, the spaceframe weighs just 550kgs - considerably less than if it were made from steel.

Clever design means the spaceframe is adaptable, making it possible to build new Rolls-Royce models without the need for a radical re-design. It’s an extremely advanced and efficient piece of engineering. A good example of this is the Phantom Extended Wheelbase, which gains an extra 250mm of rear legroom without compromising the styling or engineering integrity of the standard car.

The Phantom’s 6.75-litre, 453bhp V12, 48-valve direct injection petrol engine is a hand-built masterpiece. Whisper-quiet, yet able to deliver instant, effortless power, the engine is packed with cutting-edge technology.

Direct injection means the combustion chamber of each cylinder is fed a precise quantity of petrol, delivered in a single high-pressure jet. This spray of fuel has a cooling effect on the cylinder, which allows a high compression ratio of 11:1, which in turn increases the thermal efficiency of the engine, giving greater power and torque. Variable camshaft timing and a variable valve lift mechanism precisely regulate the engine’s intake of air throughout the rev range, which helps to achieve the desired torque delivery, and also reduces fuel consumption.

The six-speed automatic transmission is ‘shift-by-wire’ – controlled by electronics rather than a mechanical linkage. With such huge reserves of torque available, in normal circumstances it pulls away in second gear, to enhance the sense of effortless progress. It also has adaptive control software, which monitors and learns the style of the driver, altering the gear selection to suit.

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