Rolls-Royce has always been known for luxury motors. The latest Phantom is of course no exception – which is why it has picked up the coveted GQ Award for ‘Best Supernatural Driving Experience’. The Phantom was chosen due to how well it rides. The occupants are truly cosseted from the outside world. It is apparently the most silent motor car in the world, which is some accolade in this world of near silent electric and hybrid vehicles.
Bestowing the ‘Best Supernatural Driving Experience’ award upon the New Phantom, British GQ wrote, “Rolls-Royce’s millennial reboot, the company airily declared back in 2003, was ‘the last great automotive adventure.’ The all-new Phantom doubles down on that and then some – simply put, this beautiful machine does nothing less than reinvent the concept of car travel.”
Jason Barlow, one of British GQ’s jurors, added, “The New Rolls-Royce Phantom embodies a number of qualities GQ looks for: as well as being an artful re-imagining of the entire Phantom concept, it also features numerous interior flourishes that are a testament to the unparalleled creativity of the company’s design team. It’s also a magnificently well-engineered motor car in the grand Rolls-Royce tradition. In fact the New Phantom sits somewhere beyond being a mere car, and has become a unique experience.”
The ‘supernatural’ characteristics of the car are owed in part to its all-new aluminium spaceframe, self-levelling air suspension, 6mm two-layer glazed windows and more than 130kg of sound insulation.
The results of British GQ’s 2018 Car of the Year awards are featured in the March issue of the magazine, on sale from 8 February 2018.
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