While Rolls Royce Cullinan, Dawn, Ghost And Ghost There are plenty of Phantoms in Los Angeles, but it’s still pretty rare to see one. It’s hard to think of a new car with more road presence. Current generation Phantom VIIIand part of it is the sheer size of those things. I don’t think people realize exactly how big they are. New Phantom is, and luckily I spotted one parked behind a Range Rover last night so you have a nice visual example.
Specifically, this new generation Range Rover is one of the long wheelbase modelswhile this Phantom is a short-wheelbase model. Yes, the Range Rover’s suspension is lowered, either through modification or by putting the car into approach mode, but even so, it’s still odd to see the Phantom nearly as tall. At 227.2 inches long, the “smaller” Phantom is 20.2 inches longer than the Range Rover LWB. Almost two feet! The Phantom SWB is also 15.3 inches longer than the Cadillac Escaladeand is a few tenths longer than the Escalade ESV.
Spend $80,000 to upgrade to Phantom extended wheelbase and the car has been stretched to 235.8 inches, with the wheelbase growing from 139.8 inches to 148.5 inches. For comparison, a new Fiat 500e is just 143 inches long. Aside from the extra length, the only sign you’re looking at a Phantom EWB is the extra chrome strip added to the door bases.
As you can see from my photo, the Phantom is also incredibly tall. A Phantom SWB is 64.8 inches tall, while an EWB is four-tenths taller; an Escalade is 76.7 inches tall and a Range Rover is 73.6 inches tall, but they look even closer to a Rolls. The Phantom dwarfs other large luxury sedans like the Mercedes S-Class, which is just 59.4 inches tall. Compared to The Rolls-Royce Cullinan SUV is really too smallThe Phantom SWB is 7.4 inches lower but 16.9 inches longer.
One of the few cars that comes close to the Phantom’s size is the The Rolls-Royce Spectre. The electric coupe is 214.7 inches long—also longer than the Range Rover LWB—and 61.4 inches tall. While that’s partly due to the underfloor battery pack, that height combined with the large doors makes the Spectre really easy to get in and out of, and gives it great outward visibility.
