Everyone has an opinion about the royal purple custom Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe on site at Pebble Beach.

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Among their best finds: a 1948 Tucker, a 1951 Delahaye 135M, the 1931 Rolls-Royce Phantom from the movie Sunset Boulevard.

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They will circle a parked Rolls-Royce Phantom, as if by standing near, the elegance and exclusivity will wear off on them.

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The Rolls-Royce Phantom, on the other hand, plays a different game.

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Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall were travelling to the Royal Variety Performance at the London Palladium in a distinctive Rolls-Royce Phantom VI when the incident occurred.

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Seen a Rolls-Royce Phantom lately?

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It's as if we've all spent years on the town with a bon vivant uncle buying us steaks and cigars and driving around in a Rolls-Royce Phantom, and suddenly the bon vivant uncle pulls over to the side of the road, starts freaking about gas prices, and hands you fare for the bus.

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The car names we like best, where the name not only best suits the car's nature but where it also sounds, for lack of a better word, "cool, " include such automotive legends as the AC Shelby Cobra , Chevrolet Corvette , DeSoto Firedome , Dodge Viper , Lamborghini Diablo, Plymouth Barracuda and Rolls-Royce Phantom .

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Mr Muller-Otvos said the V12-powered Wraith should help change attitudes towards Rolls-Royce, which currently sells the somewhat less agile and powerful Phantom and Ghost models.

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Rolls-Royce's portfolio includes the Phantom family of cars and the Ghost model.

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