Ukubuyekezwa kwe-Rolls-Royce Phantom 2007

Awufiki lapho uya khona. Kunzima kakhulu. Kujwayelekile kakhulu.

Eyodwa ilethiwe. Omunye ubonakala. Oyedwa uyaphuma.

Impela, uzithola usukhuluma "eyodwa" futhi ngokuvamile usebenzisa isichazamazwi esiphucuziwe kakhulu kunalokho okujwayelekile. Imoto (njengoba "imoto" iyibizo elanele) inalo mphumela. Phakathi kwabanye.

I-Carsguide ingasho lokhu ngenani elincane lokushushumbisa, iqala nge-Rolls-Royce yethu ngesonto eledlule ngesenzo esingachazwa kuphela njengokuzibophezela okuhle okumangalisayo kwe-Trivett Classic kithina ngamaphrofayili anomunwe oyinki.

KwaRolls-Royce kuyinto engokoqobo yansuku zonke kulabo ukuthengwa kwemoto nge-$ 1 million kungasekho (mhlawumbe ngaphansi) kuneMazda6 kwabaningi bethu. UJohn Lowes usanda kuthola enye, njengoba kwenza uLindsey Fox.

U-Bevin Clayton ka-Trivett, indoda ebala kokubili umsakazi we-TV osewathatha umhlalaphansi kanye ne-mogul yamaloli njengamakhasimende ayo, ayivamisile ukuthi inake izicelo zokufinyelela kubuciko bayo bezimoto obuyigugu. Njengoba esethengise amaRoll ayisithupha kule nyanga ukugubha ukuhambisa iPhantom yakhe yesi-50 e-Australia naseNew Zealand eminyakeni emine, akakudingi ngempela.

Nokho, emamatheka ngathi, uClayton uthi sizogibela umbonisi wakhe we-Phantom, "bese kutholakala."

Lena i-Phantom Tungsten, imodeli yesithathu evela eQoqweni le-Bespoke lomkhiqizo. Njengoba inamadijithi nje amabili ku-odometer, iyona yodwa ezweni.

Ngokusekelwe ku-101EX Coupe ekhonjiswe e-Geneva ngonyaka odlule, i-Tungsten enombala wayo ojulile we-metallic kanye nehood ye-aluminium ehlukanisiwe idonsa amehlo ngokushesha, kanjalo namasondo amasha ane-spoke angu-21 inch alloy. I-slim double chrome tailpipe trim igcizelela kakhulu imoto yombukiso.

Ngokuswayipha okusheshayo, u-Clayton uvula iminyango yangaphambili neyakudala yokuzibulala yangemuva (efakwe izambulela ze-carbon fibre ngaphakathi).

Icebile ngokusangana. Ukhaphethi wenqwaba emnyama oluhlaza kanye nesikhumba sasolwandle esishunqayo sihluke nge-rosewood yase-East Indian eqondile (Ama-Rolls asaxosha ama-woodworkers awo kubakhi bezikebhe e-Southampton) kanye namapaneli ensimbi.

Abukho ubuxhwanguxhwangu besimanje obulimaza ivayibhu yomdabu yesiteringi esincane. Isikrini semidiya esicushwe yizwi kanye nefoni kuhlala kungabonakali ngemuva kwe-facade yomhlaba endala ngaphandle uma ucelwa.

UClayton uthi, ngokuphambene nalokho, cishe wonke amaRoll awathengisayo aqhutshwa yilabo abawakhokhelayo: "Kungani ukhokhele u-$1 million ukuze umshayeli ajabule?" Nokho, kuningi okumelwe kushiwo ngokuhlala ezihlalweni zobukhosi ezimbili ezinde zangemuva.

Ngaphezu kwezikrini zedijithali ezigoqeka ngemuva kwesihlalo esingaphambili futhi zidlala ngevolumu yenkundla, ngaphezu kwazo kunesihloko esiyingqayizivele ngokuphelele se-Starlight. I-Roll "emangalisayo kodwa enhle" ibiza igama ngokufanelekile isakhiwo, lapho izibani ze-fiber-optic ezingu-600 ezishumekwe ophahleni olumnyama lwesikhumba zidala isibonisi saphezulu esihlinzeka ngokukhanya kokufunda.

Kodwa amaklayenti ka-Clayton athanda ukugoqa ama-mittens awo alungiswe kahle azungeze lelo tila eliklwetshiwe, ngakho-ke kuphambi kwethu njengoba ehola i-colossus engu-2.5-tons emigwaqweni emincane kabuhlungu yase-East Sydney eya ku-William Street.

Okungenani kubukeka sengathi uWilliam St - umsindo obukhali kuphela ongena ngefasitela elicwebezeliswe kabili. Futhi injini ayiphazamisi. Uma i-Phantom ingaphendulanga ku-pedal yegesi ngesivinini esimangalisayo (imizuzwana engu-5.9 isikhathi esifunwa ngu-0-kph), eyodwa (nina, nonke) ungafunga ukuthi amandla alahlekile. Le V100 engu-6.75 litre izwakala ishelela futhi icolisekile kunehybrid.

Lapho uClayton ephakamisa ukuthi ushayele ngezandla ezijuluke kancane (izinzipho zisikwe ngeziqeshana zomfazi izolo ebusuku), ungaqonda ukuthi kungani uLowes nabanye beshiya amaJeeves ekhaya.

Lapho ukwethuka okukhubazekile sekuphelile, iPhantom iphenduka ukugibela okujabulisayo ngendlela yayo eyinkimbinkimbi. Uma usuka endaweni ocishe ushayele kuyo i-SUV, isiteringi silula futhi siqondile kangangokuthi ungakwazi ukuqondisa into elula kakhulu. Ukuze ufinyelele lapho uya khona ngokushesha, cindezela inkinobho ethi L, etholakala kwesokudla sesiteringi, futhi le yacht yasemhlabeni izondiza ihambe.

Njengoba uClayton esho, igama elithi "waftablity" ngeke litholakale kusichazamazwi, kodwa liyohlala kusichazamazwi seRoll-Royce. Leyo nto yokugibela entantayo ikhona kakhulu, nakuba ingafiki eqophelweni lokugula olwandle, inzuzo yokumiswa komoya i-BMW ethole indawo. Empeleni kumnandi ukuthi ngeke wazi ukuthi kukhona enye into egqamayo yeBMW, ephantshile amathayi, isikhona.

Omunye umthelela ongenakulinganiswa kodwa wangempela wevidiyo ufika ekhaya lapho nginquma ukuya nayo ekhaya kusukela ekuthwebuleni isithombe e-Redfern Carriage Works emigwaqweni abadayisi bangempela bakholelwa ukuthi kuseSurry Hills. Mhlawumbe ukube i-Phantom yenziwe nge-checkered eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka nokumhlophe ngokukhanya phezulu, kungenzeka ukuthi idonsele ukuphawula okuncane, kodwa ngiyakungabaza.

I-Tungsten yayisenamadijithi aphindwe kabili ewashini lapho mina - manje senginesibindi - ngiyigxisha egaraji lika-Trivett, kodwa lokho spin bekwanele ukukhombisa ukuthi kungani abakwaRolls-Royce belutha kangaka abambalwa.

Engangizuzisa kakhulu ukusebenzisa amalitha angu-39.5 kaphethiloli we-premium unleaded ngebanga lika-100 km, nokubona ukuthi kwaba ukuphela kwento engiqeda amandla. Ingasaphathwa eyethegi enamanani ayisikhombisa, ngezinye izikhathi ngangikwazi ukugcwalisa ithangi leRoller.

ROLLS-ROYS PHANTOM

Izindleko: $915,000 ($1.095 million EWB)

Injini: 6.75L/V12; 338kW/720Nm

Umnotho: 15.9 l/100 km (okufunwayo)

0-100 km/h: Imizuzwana engu-5.9