Autumn
2006, Paris motor show: Rolls-Royce Motor Cars announced that work had
begun on a new model series. The new car would be in production and on
sale by the turn of the decade. The only other facts confirmed at that
stage were that it would be smaller than the Phantom saloon and priced
somewhere between €200,000 and €300,000 before tax. Speculation about
its style and specification began almost immediately...