It’s a century since the first Rolls-Royce Phantom was built. Over eight generations ... Jonathan Bell has written for Wallpaper* magazine since 1999, covering everything from architecture and ...

He is also the host of Wallpaper’s first podcast. This one-of-one Phantom Extended has been built as a celebration of the outgoing Year of the Dragon, overseen by Rolls-Royce’s Shanghai Private Office ...

on a Ford V-8 chassis. Edsel Ford was ecstatic and ordered the first car built, but Rolls-Royce was none too pleased across the pond. A Phantom cost $18,000 ($341,500 today), and the Brewster was ...

Competes with: Very little — cars this pricey usually have two doors, not four Looks like: The old Rolls-Royce ... 8.6 inches. And at 235.8 inches long, the extended-wheelbase Phantom is yuge ...

And Rolls-Royce designers and engineers took almost ... primarily to help the 227.2-inch long Phantom—and the 8.6-inch longer Extended Wheelbase model—feel more agile around town.