Before work gets under way on electrifying the Phantom, Rolls-Royce is working on updating the regular car, which it launched in 2017.
A camouflaged prototype caught by our photographers hinted at subtle tweaks for the headlights and grille, but the four-door flagship won’t be substantially modified, said CEO Torsten Müller-Ötvos, because Rolls-Royce is “not in the facelift business”.
“We will refresh the car in certain areas and that’s it,” he explained. “Phantom stays Phantom. Our customers would not appreciate if the Series 1 looked very different from the Series 2.”
Powertrain and chassis tweaks are therefore highly unlikely, but new personalisation options for the paint, upholstery and wheels are expected, while the infotainment system is likely to be replaced by parent company BMW’s eighth-generation iDrive, which is faster, has greater…