A short but sweet film. Thank you.

Rolls Royce produced this car partly in response to the proliferation of V12 engined luxury cars in the United States. Rolls Royce engineers traveled to America fairly regularly and kept a close eye on the trends there, visiting manufacturers such as Packard, Lincoln and Pierce Arrow to glean what they could from those manufacturers of 12 cylinder engines. They also talked extensively to Cadillac about their V16. At this stage, these manufacturers were starting to obsolete their straight eight engines (though they would stay in production for many years) from their top-of-the-line models. The American V12s were very small in size for their capacity (about 7.3 or 7.4 litres) and despite their emphysemic side whacker layout, they ran very smoothly. Rolls entered the fray with a V12 of 7.33 litres in 1932 but borrowed Cadillac’s OHV layout instead of the more common side valves. I have never understood why they bothered with this at all. The company’s aero engine division had been producing overhead cam V12 engines for some time and they had a very good Idea how to make them work having been winners in the Schneider Cup with their Series R engine. While the adaptation of road engines for aviation use is fraught with difficulties, the reverse is not generally true and OHV represented a neater solution in engineering terms (though they could not have used aero engine camshafts in their road car) than OHV. This model of Rolls Royce has the dubious distinction of being regarded as the most difficult to service. The driver was provided with a special tool kit in a slide out tray under the front seat. It was said that there were many components which were impossible to service, the most notable were the spark plugs. Several components had to be removed to service them and there was apparently a special tool in the kit for this purpose. One is inclined to wonder how a driver - who was also likely to be a mechanic in those days - would be able to service the car in an emergency on the side of the road. Rolls Royce had apparently given this some thought. Just for the record, one doesn’t drive a Rolls Royce Phantom. One is _driven_ in a Rolls Royce Phantom. The driving characteristics - good, bad or indifferent - are someone else’s problem. If you must drive, get something vulgar, like a Bentley.

A wonderful video and nicely presented.

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Awesome vehicle!!! I really need an old car! :)

"Sports performance"? Well, guess it's all relative.