An “opulent” Rolls Royce that was the last car creation supervised by Andrea Pininfarina (before he tragically died aged just 51 in a scooter accident) has been marketed for sums as high as £3.9 million in 2009 and as low as £1.27 million in 2015. It is now once again for sale for just under £2 million.
Created for a “collector” named Roland Hall, a man of whom very little else is known other than that in 2009 Motor Authority suggested he “no longer [had] interest in it,” the one-of-one vehicle – named the ‘Hyperion’ or ‘The High One’ in honour of one of the twelve Titan children of Gaia – was supposedly “designed to evoke memories of cars from the 1930s with its long majestic bonnet, short rear overhang and low rooflines.”
The 6.75-litre V12 drophead two-seater coupé by Pininfarina also has a specially designed Girard-Perregaux watch attached to its dashboard and features a longer trunk than that its donor Phantom.
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Alain Class Motors of Dubai offer the blue with beige interior automatic car and seek £1.917 million.
The Numbers – 2008 Rolls-Royce Hyperion Phantom drophead coupé by Pininfarina
April 2020 – Offered for sale for the reduced sum of £1.917 million ($2.359 million, €2.185 million or درهم8.665 million) by Alain Class Motors.
September 2017 – Offered for sale for the increased sum of £2.10 million ($2.58 million, €2.39 million or درهم9.48 million) by Alain Class Motors.
October 2015 – Offered for sale for the hugely reduced sum of £1.27 million ($1.57 million, €1.45 million or درهم5.75 million).
April 2009 – Offered for sale for the sum of £3.9 million ($4.9 million, €4.5 million or درهم17.8 million).
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It is beautiful but the price is crazy compared to that of a standard 2008 Phantom drophead – here’s one that was sold in Dubai in November for just $184,000: https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/ad19/abu-dhabi/lots/r0006-2008-rolls-royce-phantom-drophead-coupé/777921
I agree with Eric. It’s too much for what it is. Yes it is a one of one but its basically just a drophead with two seats less.
It’s glorious… imagine taking that down to the South of France.
I like the special LED lights at the front. Better than the original in terms of design. Pininfarina are good at lights.
The wrecking ball needs to swing in the scrapyard!!!!!!!!!!!! That’s where this hunk of junk belongs —– CRUSH the f**Ker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The price —– INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Original owner plainly got shot at right time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He must be ashamed of himself for ever having such a stooooopid idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rod you classless prat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That’s possibly the most beautiful car I’ve ever seen and the enjoyment of cruising anywhere on a warm evening with the top down in a car so unique and of such high quality would be like living a dream.
But what would you know, you probably think holden commodore’s were well made and the fact that they closed the factory is sacrilege!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A work of art incredible craftsmanship