Did you know about this rare Rolls-Royce? #cars #thegrandtour #topgear
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00:00I just felt like doing something a bit different, and I'd become quite a fan of the Phantom.
00:03But I wanted to give the car we had, you know, some unique little thing,
00:07which no other Phantom had.
00:10Which was?
00:10Which was an engine.
00:13But not any engine.
00:15When BMW bought the rights to the Rolls-Royce name,
00:17they had the opportunity to create the ultimate luxury car.
00:20And they thought, maybe we ought to give it the ultimate engine.
00:22So let's give it something like a 9-litre V16 engine.
00:27They made three or four of these engines, and they tested them,
00:30and they got them up to speed, and they had unbelievable power and torque figures.
00:33They thought, hmm, might be a bit over the top.
00:36Then they stuck them in the warehouse somewhere,
00:37and I got in touch with Rolls-Royce and said,
00:39would you mind squeezing one of your V16 engines in the front of our Johnny English Phantom?
00:44So the car we have over there, that's got a V16 engine.
00:47That's amazing. That's why it's bonnets up.
00:49I thought it had broken down.
00:50No, Jeremy, it hasn't broken down.
00:51No, it has. I am with you. I'm a huge fan of the Phantom.
00:54And, of course, it fits perfectly because the Phantom was designed for that engine.