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Officially Official: 2008 Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe

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The Detroit Auto Show traditionally belongs to the domestic automakers, who pull out all the stops as they unveil some of their best and brightest new products and concepts. This year, however, the ultimate showstopper may well be located at the Rolls-Royce display. The fabled British marque (now owned by BMW, of course) has chosen Detroit to reveal the 2008 Phantom Drophead Coupe, a jaw-droppingly spectacular 4-seat convertible aimed squarely at Bentley's Azure.

 

The Drophead Coupe is, for all intents and purposes, a perfect production interpretation of RR's 100EX concept car, which made its debut at 2004's Geneva show. The key elements of the 100EX remain -- the thin LED headlamps, rear-opening "suicide" doors, brushed steel hood and A-pillar, and teak decking aft of the passenger compartment are all here. The V16 that powered the 100EX is replaced in the Drophead Coupe by the Phantom sedan's proven 6.75L V12., which generates 453 horsepower and 513 lb-ft of torque at 3500 rpm. That's enough to propel the 5775-pound droptop to 60 mph in approximately 5.7 seconds.

 

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Follow the jump for more of our take, an animation of the roof mechanism, plus the official (and very long) press release and tech specs from Rolls-Royce. If you'd like to have the Drophead Coupe grace your desktop, check out our mega-gallery of over 60 hi-res photos.

 

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Thats just crazy. Every rapper will have one as soon as they are for sale. Due to that Rolls Royce and Bentley are seriously loosing favor in my book...
Ummm... Rolls Royce is owned by BMW who are basically clueless about what makes a Rolls Royce. Very Tacky. VW / Audi own Bentley and they have done an awesome job with some of the 'sporting' versions of the Bentley. I wouldnt be ashamed to be seen in a Bentley.
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