Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead 2008 Overview
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Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead 2008 Overview

ʻO kēia ka manawa e hopu ai ʻoe iā ʻoe iho e ʻōlelo ana i kekahi mea e like me: "A puni ka nani!" ʻO ka mea āu i ʻike ai ua pau ka hauʻoli nui o ka hoʻokele ʻana i kahi Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe. ʻO kekahi mea maʻamau e like me ka pōʻai o ke koʻikoʻi i mea nui i ka mōʻaukala i ka wā e pili ana i kahi moku moku ʻāina 2.6-ton i hana lima ʻia, e like me ka mea i ʻike ʻia, ua kūʻai mua ʻia no kahi $1.25 miliona.

Ua hāʻawi ʻo Bevin Clayton ʻo Trivett Classic iā Carsguide i kāna leka Australian mua i ka pule i hala, e ʻae iā mākou e komo i ka Drophead wale nō ma ka ʻāina ʻaʻole i loko o nā lima pilikino, ʻoiai e hiki koke ana.

Hoʻouna ʻia kēia hiʻohiʻona maʻemaʻe me nā huahelu pālua haʻahaʻa ma ka wati i Adelaide, kahi e lilo ai ke keonimana ka mea nona ka mua o kēia kumu hoʻohālike Roller ma kēia kūlanakauhale ʻano.

Inā hoʻonui nui ʻia ka lālā o ka hui ʻo Rolls-Royce nona Australia - manaʻo ʻo Clayton e kūʻai aku i ʻewalu mau sedans Phantom, ʻewalu Dropheads a me ʻekolu mau hardtop coupes hou ma Sepatemaba - ʻaʻole paha ʻo ia e lilo i mea liʻiliʻi. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole paha e emi ka manaʻo o ka manawa mai ka hoʻokokoke ʻana iā Drophead i ka wikiwiki.

ʻO ka ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele o kēia hiʻohiʻona, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e ka pāpale kala i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia, e uhi ana i nā laina nani o ka Roller. ʻO ka lōʻihi loa o kēlā me kēia kaʻa hou, ʻo ka hale lole he hale ʻelima-papa i hana ʻia e hoʻokaʻawale i ke keʻena mai ka walaʻau o ka lehulehu e like me ka ikaika o ka sedan hardtop. ʻOiaʻiʻo, e like me kā Clayton i ʻōlelo ai, maopopo ka noho ʻana o Drophead "i ka ʻohana Phantom."

ʻOiai ua kūʻai aku kekahi mea kūʻai aku i kahi sedan e hoʻohui i kā lākou Drophead hou - e like me ka hana - ʻike koke ʻia ka Drophead DNA ma ka wehe ʻana i ka puka hope.

He kai ia o ka rosewood India a me ka ʻili ʻili i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia a hiki i ke aniani hoʻopau me nā lako kila kila. ʻO ka lewa kūʻokoʻa ʻaneʻane hoʻowalewale iā ʻoe i ka wā e ʻohi ai ʻoe i kahi hoʻokele wili kahiko kahiko.

ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua hana lima ʻia ka Drophead me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea maikaʻi loa e like me nā kūlana kūpono o Rolls a ua hoʻohālike ʻia ma 1930s J-Class racing yachts. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka papa hope he teak.

Hoʻopili ʻia ka poʻi i ka mīkini a hoʻopau ʻia i ka lima e hōʻoia i ka ʻai like ʻole.

ʻO ka kāmaʻa pikiniki he wahi ʻāpana hope i wehe ʻia i ʻelua no ke komo maʻalahi i 315 lita o ke ākea. Hāʻawi ka huelo haʻahaʻa i kahi kahua noho ʻoluʻolu no nā pākeke ʻelua i ka wā i pelu ʻia ai, e wehe ana i kahi keʻena ukana me nā mea hoʻonaninani ʻoi aku ka nani ma mua o nā keʻena o kekahi o nā sedans nani a Carsguide i hoʻāʻo ai.

ʻAʻole like me lākou a pau, akā like loa me kona kaikuahine sedan, hoʻokomo ka Drophead i ka mana nui o 6.75-lita V12 e kūʻē i kahi leka sonic e ola ana i ka moniker Phantom. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hoʻomaka i kēia ʻoihana ma hope o kona kū ʻana ma kahi o Clovelly e kiʻi i ke kiʻi i lilo i mea ʻole. Ua hana maoli ka enekini.

Me ke kaupaku i lalo i ke alahele, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokele i kahi hybrid me ka noʻonoʻo a hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻoiai ʻo kāna 338kW a me 720Nm. Aneane ʻaʻohe Drophead i hoʻokele kaʻa, akā ʻo ka noho ʻana ma nā noho hope ʻo ia ka ʻike makaʻala loa hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i kahi hoʻololi.

E like me kā mākou i ʻōlelo ai e pili ana i ka sedan, maikaʻi loa ka Roller e haʻalele iā Jeeves.

ʻO ia ka wikiwiki o ka haʻalele ʻana i kahi alahele a me ka pane koke ʻana i ka hoʻokele ʻana i hiki ʻole ke manaʻoʻiʻo ua ʻoi aku kēia mea ma mua o nā SUV nui loa.

ʻOiai ʻo nā kaʻa liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi - a ʻo ia nā kaʻa āpau - hiki ke lana me ka maʻi maʻi nausea, "e lana ana" ka Phantom ma ke ʻano kaʻao, aneane patented o Rolls-Royce.

Inā ʻoi aku ka waiwai o Drophead ma mua o ka miliona, ʻo ka ʻike hoʻokele hoʻokahi i loko o ka miliona.

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