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Sweet Deal...Now, I can realistically think about driving one! :rolleyes:
Report: Rolls-Royce plans 'cheaper' car
NEW YORK --- BMW, parent company of Rolls-Royce, is planning to release a smaller, less expensive Rolls than the company's current Phantom sedan, according to a report on Edmunds.com's Inside Line Website.
The sticker price of the Phantom, which is currently RollsRoyce's only car, starts at about $340,000.
The new car would sell for about $300,000, according to the report, which quoted from an interview with BMW development chief Burkhard Goeschel. The interview was published in the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag.
The Rolls-Royce Phantom, introduced in 2003, has failed to meet expected sales volumes, according to the report.
The most successful segment of the ultra-luxury car market has been vehicles priced over $150,000 but less than $300,000, according to Inside Line. Bentley, Rolls-Royce's former sister-company and now a subsidiary of Volkswagen, has seen success in that arena with its Bentley Continental GT costing about $156,000.
Plans for the car are still preliminary and it is not expected to be released until about 2010, according to the report.
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Bah... Why would someone buy one of those things?!? I'd rather buy an ASTON MARTIN DB5...
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its just a very expensive limo thats why
I drive a 2010 Golf that growls at people when it goes over 3000rpm.
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I'd rather buy something that might appreciate in value.. like a house...
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If you were actually in the market for a 300,000 car... I'm sure you'd have lots of houses already lol
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BrooksZX3,Aug 23 2005, 02:59 PM Wrote:If you were actually in the market for a 300,000 car... I'm sure you'd have lots of houses already lol
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Yeah. Throw in a couple of Jackhammers, then you have the Ultra Pimp ride.
Straight to Ridiculous Cost. Straight to Ridiculous Base. :D
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what could they possible make the car out of to make it remotely worth $300000 other than gold?
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only $300,000.00 USD is not bad till you do the change over to canadian..... then it's the same price as the " more expensive " model, but then again why waste over $300K on a car you more or less would never drive, only to be driven in :huh: ??
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Frost__2001,Aug 24 2005, 12:39 AM Wrote:only $300,000.00 USD is not bad till you do the change over to canadian..... then it's the same price as the " more expensive " model, but then again why waste over $300K on a car you more or less would never drive, only to be driven in :huh: ??
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I would buy that car and drive coast to coast doing my own version of bangbus... but call it something like bang-rolls. who wants to be the driver?
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Pardon me, Do you have any grey pupon?
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Crazirich,Aug 24 2005, 04:18 PM Wrote:Pardon me, Do you have any grey pupon?
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but of course!
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The new car would sell for about $300,000... haha yeah... right!
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