The Rolls-Royce cars are the epitome of luxury, the pinnacle of comfort, the definition of elegance. Well, scrap that. A six-wheel monster comes to shatter everything you know about the ultra-luxury brand.
The world’s first six-wheel Rolls-Royce Phantom looks nothing like the car that rolled off the production line in Goodwood, England. It has been converted into a monster truck, which would be the perfect car for the apocalypse when zombies take over. If ever.
What you are looking at is the contraption creation of Frenchman Alexandre Danton from Danton Arts Kustoms, which affectionately describes it as "demonic" on its Facebook page. We won't contradict them on that!
Together with his team, he chopped off the rear end of a 2005 Rolls-Royce Phantom from behind the rear doors. They built a whole new rear end, installed two axles and four wheels, and here it is: the world’s first six-wheel Rolls-Royce.
The vehicle now sports yellow headlights, a roof-mounted yellow LED light bar, and matte black paint, that makes it look ferocious. A bull bar showed up at the front.
The trunk has also been elongated and filled with off-roading gear. The model now measures 248.0 inches (6.3 meters) in length and 90.5 inches (2.3 meters) in width. Not a single body panel remained untouched.
There are anti-skid plates and a jerry can in the trunk, just in case, while sidesteps were installed to make ingress and access easier and help the driver reach the custom-built roof rack.
The former luxury sedan/current… whatever rides on 24-inch wheels finished in black, with all-terrain tires because that is what Rolls-Royces do, right? They go off-roading.
The cabin has also undergone a major change. It was completely reupholstered and now sports bright orange leather. To annoy environmentalists, the firm put crocodile leather over the airbag cover and snakeskin on the armrests.
A set of umbrellas was added to the rear doors, and also, for the rear passengers’ sake, there are 1990s-style screens at the back.
The team applied gold flakes on the engine cover. The original 6.75-liter V12 engine still operates under the hood and we can't help wondering how that one escaped the need for change of the builders.
There are gold flakes also on the brake calipers. Because that is exactly what you need when apocalypse strikes.
It took Danton and his team three months to build the six-wheeler in 2021. One year later, it was listed for 4.3 million pounds, which translated to $5.2 million. What else would you do with the money when the whole world is about to come crashing down?
The model is currently registered in Luxembourg and rocks a license plate, which ironically reads "EV."
If you must really, really, REALLY have a six-wheeler, you should also check your options with the guys from Apocalypse 6x6. That is where basketball stars Shaquille O'Neal and Luka Doncic got their 6x6 vehicles. And they surely did not pay $5.2 million.
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