Comments on: Rolls-Royce considering all-electric Phantom

By: yungdadi

yungdadi — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:00:56 +0000

well an electric royce ain’t bad,but can they make it work like the V12?

By: Got Handling?

Got Handling? — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:49:30 +0000

Its a great idea, Rolls’ are about wafting along serenely. Finally the age-old claim that “The loudest thing in a Rolls Royce at 60mph is the clock” could come true.

By: VladdyTrout

VladdyTrout — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:47:58 +0000

Bad Bad Bad Idea! A Rolls Royce is ot some Eco-Friendly machine. Fer crying out loud, it’s not even a money friendly machine. The best car in the world is above everything. A Royce owner probably owns a vast oil field or an oil company or a country that has both oil fields and oil countries. So gas isn’t a problem. I say REDUCE the MPG on a Royce. 9 miles on the highway and 5 miles in the city! That’ll show the masses who’s boss.

But what am I saying? My own Rolls Royces gets 0 miles to the gallon! Got them from the Franklin Mint. 1/24 scale Silver Cloud and Corniche. Oh to dream….

By: BMW M1

BMW M1 — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:03:02 +0000

takbox, this is Rolls we’re talking abt!! Where does plastic crap fit in?? Their not gonna stuff an electro Mini into the Rolls, only an upsized version of the elec motor.

Hmm, the green cred and silent operation is just a smokescreen, theyre really just trying to ensure that their cars sell in California!!!!

By: VWgrouP

VWgrouP — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:39:12 +0000

Hah
good luck with that Rolls
I’d love to see if an electric motor can move a Phantom
but it’s a good idea

By: eff1Fifty

eff1Fifty — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:07:32 +0000

That’s like shoving a V-12 into a Chevy Volt!…

By: pursang

pursang — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:53:45 +0000

I actually really like the idea. Smooth and Silent.

By: The Stig

The Stig — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:49:59 +0000

They’ll pull into Exxon and wonder how to fill it up.

By: howsmydriving

howsmydriving — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:07:40 +0000

I can’t imagine somebody stopping an electric Phantom and asking to borrow some Grey Poupon.

By: macabre

macabre — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:07:01 +0000

Brilliant, since they only need to get to the country club and back this would be ideal. For occasions that they need to travel that’s what the heli and the Learjet are for. Not sure that the green Phantom will offset crap when you take in account the CO2 from the personal jet and heli.

By: beatusmongous

beatusmongous — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:47:39 +0000

I think this is cool.

By: pzimet

pzimet — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:05:23 +0000

edgeguy: I don’t think it’s “to make people think they care”, but more so for the REASONS LISTED IN THE ARTICLE ABOVE.

By: t-ak-box

t-ak-box — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:40:57 +0000

An all-electric Phantom? What? So its going to be made of plastic?
How Slow? How Heavy? How Sucky?

By: Mr. Piston

Mr. Piston — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:33:34 +0000

^ $300,000 – €250,000 ^

By: edgeguy

edgeguy — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:14:26 +0000

Wow. Now the super wealthy class that is so greedily destroying America can drive a environmentally-friendly version of a $250,000 car to make people think they care!

By: C6Racer

C6Racer — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:12:02 +0000

No friggin comment.