The only Rolls-Royce with a 12-cylinder engine until the introduction of the Silver Seraph in 1998. The richest heiress of the 20th century, Barbara Hutton, was a lover of this marque. Known in the press as ‘the poor little rich girl’, she went on to marry seven times.
The Rolls-Royce Phantom III was the last of the great pre-war Rolls-Royces, and was the only Rolls-Royce with a V12 engine until the 1998 introduction of the Silver Seraph. The chassis and mechanicals were Rolls-Royce’s own work, but the marque had trusted factories for the bodywork, including Park Ward, Mulliner, Hooper and Thrupp & Maberly.
727 examples were built between 1936 and 1939. Its top speed is 140 km/h, it has a fuel consumption of 28 litres per 100 km and has an acceleration time of 0 to 96 km/h in 16.8 seconds. We can see that the emblematic badge appears in a different posture than usual, it is kneeling. This is another detail unique to the brand. When the car wears the badge in this position, it means that it has been owned by the British Royal Family. The marque decided to use this design for cars belonging to the British Royal Family.
The front of the radiator is a replica of the Parthenon in Greece, where the number of columns and their proportion are taken into account.
