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PHANTOM TEMPUS COLLECTION: A HIGHLY INNOVATIVE DEBUT IN CHINA
16.04.2021 Press Release
The Rolls-Royce Phantom Tempus Collection made its China debut in Shanghai on 16th April 2021. This Bespoke masterpiece, which is inspired by time and the infinite reaches of the universe, is limited to only 20 examples worldwide.
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- Highly Bespoke Phantom Collection Car debuts in Shanghai’s fashion district
- Immersive ‘Journey of Time’ experience curated for clients to appreciate Tempus
- Clients able to enjoy and commit to Tempus via marque’s WeChat channel
“Rolls-Royce has enjoyed considerable growth in the Chinese
market during 2020, delivering an historic performance in its
Bespoke personalisation business and introducing innovative new ways
to engage with its clients. It is with great pleasure that we
introduce the Phantom Tempus Collection to our Chinese clients in
Shanghai’s fashion district. We have introduced access to our
products in innovative ways, including via WeChat, befitting the
agility and creativity of the Rolls-Royce brand.”
Leon Li, Director of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, Greater China.
“Phantom Tempus is a motor car for those who shape the world as
they seek their own place in the universe. They understand that
whatever our individual gifts, talents and opportunities, we are all
gifted time – and it is up to us to make the most of every precious
moment. With Phantom Tempus, we have created a space in which the
strictures of time no longer apply – as illustrated by the
deliberate absence of a clock. Rolls-Royce clients are not bound by
time; the outside world with all its pressures and demands are forgotten.”
Torsten Müller-Ötvös, CEO, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars
The Rolls-Royce Phantom Tempus Collection made its
China debut in Shanghai on 16th April 2021. This Bespoke
masterpiece, which is inspired by time and the infinite reaches of the
universe, is limited to only 20 examples worldwide.
The debut of the Phantom Tempus Collection in China also
includes a unique experience, the ‘Journey of Time’, enabling clients
to appreciate the Collection from the marque’s official WeChat
account, as well as commit to commissioning one of these highly
exclusive products.
For the Phantom Tempus Collection debut in China, Rolls-Royce
created an experiential exhibition, offering a unique tour through a
‘Space Capsule’. This immersive installation provides a vivid illusion
of time standing still where guests will experience a sensory feast
with customised audio and visual interactions. This includes the
provision for guests to create personalised ‘Tempus’ music with highly
contemporary touch controls.
This unique installation is situated at the bustling Plaza 66 in
the fashion district of Shanghai’s city centre.
PHANTOM TEMPUS COLLECTION
Rolls-Royce Phantom, the marque’s pinnacle product, resides at
the apex of luxury world. Producing a Collection Car is always a
seminal moment for the marque. With the Phantom Tempus Collection, the
sources of inspiration are on an appropriately grand scale: time, deep
space, and a theoretical physicist who changed the way to see the universe.
The design of the Phantom Tempus Collection encompasses various
aesthetic and intellectual themes relating to time and the cosmos. A
key component is a rare astronomical phenomenon, the pulsar, unknown
until 1967 and found only in the deepest reaches of space (the nearest
yet discovered is 280 light years, or 1,680 trillion miles, from
Earth). These very dense, white-hot stars emit electromagnetic
radiation in extremely regular pulses, making them some of the most
accurate clocks in the universe.
In the Phantom Tempus Collection, this remarkable force of
nature is rendered as a centrepiece in a Bespoke Starlight Headliner
consisting of fibre-optic lighting and intricate Bespoke embroidery,
creating the unique and beautiful Pulsar Headliner.
Another aspect of time – the illusion of its standing still – is
captured in the ‘Frozen Flow of Time’ Gallery. This unique artwork is
housed in the fascia from which the clock is deliberately omitted to
signify patrons’ freedom from time and its limitations. A single
billet of aluminium is milled to form 100 individually contoured
columns, representing the 100 million year period of a rotational spin
of a pulsar star. Each column is black-anodised and hand-polished to
reflect the light. As the eye travels along it, the whole structure,
though entirely solid, appears to ripple and flex.
A description of the Gallery can be found on an engraved plaque
in the glove compartment, together with a quotation from Albert
Einstein, "The distinction between past, present, and future is
only a stubbornly persistent illusion".
A swirling, twisting pattern of stars is presented on the
interior of the doors. Created by hundreds of illuminated
perforations, additional perforations in contrasting leather add a
greater depth and detail to the effect, providing an atmospheric aura
even when not illuminated.
The exterior of the Phantom Tempus Collection is presented in a
new Bespoke paint finish, Kairos Blue, created to embody the darkness
and mystery of space. The paint incorporates jewel-like blue mica
flakes, which glitter and glint as they catch the light, representing
the stars. This effect is highlighted by black exterior detailing.
Gracing the bonnet of the Phantom Tempus Collection is the
Spirit of Ecstasy, now in her 110th year, personalised with
a unique date and location of particular significance to the client. A
marriage, the birth of a child or even a major business success, can
be engraved as a timeless reminder on the base of the iconic figurine.
The unique online presentation of the Phantom Tempus Collection,
via Rolls-Royce’s WeChat account, showcases the marque’s Bespoke
capabilities and reflects Chinese patrons’ preferences for
increasingly digital experiences.
CO2 EMISSIONS & CONSUMPTION.
- Phantom: NEDCcorr (combined) CO2 emission: 329-328 g/km; Fuel consumption: 19.5-19.6 mpg / 14.5-14.4 l/100km; WLTP (combined) CO2 emission: 356-341 g/km; Fuel consumption: 18.0-18.8 mpg / 15.7-15.0 l/100km
- Phantom Extended: NEDCcorr (combined) CO2 emission: 330-328 g/km; Fuel consumption: 19.5 mpg / 14.5 l/100km; WLTP (combined) CO2 emission: 361-344 g/km; Fuel consumption: 17.8-18.6 mpg / 15.9-15.2 l/100km
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