If until now the only ultra-luxury coupe was Bentley Continental GT, Rolls Royce felt like they have something to say about it and revealed in Geneva the new Rolls Royce Phantom Coupe. I expect you to come up with a “wow” when you see the pictures, but wait a little to know more about the specs and what’s under the hood.

Under the hood, the “piece of resistance” is the BMW built 6.75L V12 engine that produces 453 bhp and 720 Nm of torque. It’s supposed to have a 25 percent increase in fuel capacity compared to the Drophead Coupé so you can expect to drive longer.

Rolls Royce Phantom Coupe has an aluminum chassis, uses lightweight materials, comes up with a strong single piece roof unit and has a very large interior furnished up to the extreme. It’s going to cost $400,000 and production will start this summer (2008).

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Ladies and gents who have the cache to buy a Rolls-Royce or for those that just enjoy seeing one, I’ve just heard that The new Phantom Coupe is going to be available in Geneva, next month at the Internation Auto Show. Rolls-Royce just made an official announcement and gave us some pictures of the nearly-all-aluminum to drool on.

Not sure if my ramblings about the design are worth because you can see for yourself but the fact that under the hood there are 453 little horses coming out from the 6.75-liter V12 engine that has 530 lb-ft of torque, is something that should be taken into consideration. The fact that it goes 0 to 60mph in 5.6 seconds is nothing to forget about.

The new Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe comes with a stiffer rear dampers, a thicker anti-roll bar, a better steering wheel (feels better they say) and a great “SPORT” button on the wheel that you may find useful if you wanna race: push it and it holds the gear longer, the pedal response is quicker.

I will let you see more pictures and see for yourself.