{"id":22194,"date":"2022-05-13T17:16:35","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T21:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=22194"},"modified":"2022-05-13T17:16:35","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T21:16:35","slug":"photo-comparison-rolls-royce-phantom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=22194","title":{"rendered":"Photo Comparison: Rolls-Royce Phantom Facelift vs Pre-Facelift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rolls-Royce recently gave its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/05\/12\/rolls-royce-phantom-facelift\/\">current-generation Phantom a bit of a facelift<\/a>. As per usual with the folks from Goodwood, the facelift was mild, to say the least. However, there were some decently substantial changes made, even if they seem small in isolation. So we thought it best to take a look at the newly updated model, alongside its predecessor.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the new updates have to do with material choice inside the car, as well as some new Art Gallery options. However, being that we haven\u2019t yet sat inside the new Phantom, we can\u2019t test those just yet. So we\u2019ll purely be looking at how the new car looks, compared to the pre-facelift car.<\/p>\n<p>Up front, there really are only three main changes worth noting. The new car features an aluminum horizontal bar that spans the top of the famous Pantheon grille, which might seem like a minor update, and it is, but it actually does make the grille look better. The vertical grille bars are also now illuminated, similar to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2021\/11\/01\/rolls-royce-ghost-black-badge-test-drive\/\">Rolls-Royce Ghost<\/a>. Additionally, Rolls also laser-etched a starlight design into the inside bezels of the headlights, mimicking the starlight headliner inside the car.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/roll-royce-phantom-comparison-facelift.jpg\"><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-425781\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/roll-royce-phantom-comparison-facelift-830x830.jpg\" alt=\"roll royce phantom comparison facelift 830x830\" width=\"830\" height=\"830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/roll-royce-phantom-comparison-facelift-830x830.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/roll-royce-phantom-comparison-facelift-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/roll-royce-phantom-comparison-facelift-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/roll-royce-phantom-comparison-facelift-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/roll-royce-phantom-comparison-facelift-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/roll-royce-phantom-comparison-facelift.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/roll-royce-phantom-comparison-facelift-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of roll royce phantom comparison facelift 830x830\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-medium wp-image-425781\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20830%20830%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/roll-royce-phantom-comparison-facelift-830x830.jpg\" alt=\"roll royce phantom comparison facelift 830x830\" width=\"830\" height=\"830\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/roll-royce-phantom-comparison-facelift-830x830.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/roll-royce-phantom-comparison-facelift-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/roll-royce-phantom-comparison-facelift-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/roll-royce-phantom-comparison-facelift-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/roll-royce-phantom-comparison-facelift-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/roll-royce-phantom-comparison-facelift.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/roll-royce-phantom-comparison-facelift-300x300.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of roll royce phantom comparison facelift 830x830\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The only other interesting exterior changes are the wheel options. Previously, Rolls-Royce wheel options were always pretty blah. Now, though, it gets a very sporty, stainless steel, 3D-milled wheel option that looks surprisingly sporty for any Rolls-Royce model, never mind a Phantom. There\u2019s also a killer disc wheel, which harkens back to classic Rollers and is offered in either polished metal finish or black lacquer. The latter is probably awesome.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Rolls-Royce-Phantom-Facelift-28-of-45.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-425684\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Rolls-Royce-Phantom-Facelift-28-of-45-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"Rolls Royce Phantom Facelift 28 of 45 830x553\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Rolls-Royce-Phantom-Facelift-28-of-45-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Rolls-Royce-Phantom-Facelift-28-of-45-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Rolls-Royce-Phantom-Facelift-28-of-45-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Rolls-Royce-Phantom-Facelift-28-of-45-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Rolls-Royce-Phantom-Facelift-28-of-45.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of Rolls Royce Phantom Facelift 28 of 45 830x553\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-medium wp-image-425684\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20830%20553%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Rolls-Royce-Phantom-Facelift-28-of-45-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"Rolls Royce Phantom Facelift 28 of 45 830x553\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Rolls-Royce-Phantom-Facelift-28-of-45-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Rolls-Royce-Phantom-Facelift-28-of-45-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Rolls-Royce-Phantom-Facelift-28-of-45-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Rolls-Royce-Phantom-Facelift-28-of-45-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Rolls-Royce-Phantom-Facelift-28-of-45.jpg 1620w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of Rolls Royce Phantom Facelift 28 of 45 830x553\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Inside, the steering wheel was made a bit thicker, as more and more Phantom customers are actually buying their cars to drive them, not to be chauffeured around, and the thicker wheel feels better in hand, apparently. Some updates were also made to the Art Gallery, and how customers can create different bespoke pieces of art.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, this new Rolls-Royce Phantom isn\u2019t comprehensively changed or updated, it just has some subtle tweaks here and there. Though, those subtle tweaks do actually make a difference and Rolls customers will likely appreciate what\u2019s been changed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rolls-Royce recently gave its current-generation Phantom a bit of a facelift. As per usual with the folks from Goodwood, the facelift was mild, to say the least. However, there were some decently substantial changes made, even if they seem small in isolation. So we thought it best to take a look at the newly updated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":22195,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}