Rolls-Royce Phantom II endures trans-continental Peking to Paris Rally with Dato? Sia Hok Kiang
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Luxuries only became luxuries because they were made to last. Rolls-Royce cars are no different. The Rolls-Royce Phantom II was among one of the British marque’s most iconic and legendary automobiles. Immortalised in Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the renown luxury car was considered a kingly offering:
Sultan : Rolls-Royce Phantom II. 4.3 litre, 30 horsepower, six cylinder engine, with Stromberg downdraft carburettor, can go from zero to 100 kilometres an hour in 12.5 seconds. And I even like the color.
Walter Donovan : The keys are in the ignition, your highness.
Rolls-Royce Phantom II
The third and last of Rolls-Royce’s 40/50 horsepower models, the Rolls-Royce Phantom II replaced 1929’s New Phantom which itself was a descendant of the original Silver Ghost. While built to be luxuriously fitted with the latest in creature comforts of the era, the Phantom II was indeed built to last as Dato? Sia Hok Kiang would attest in 2016, taking his own Rolls-Royce Phantom II Brumby on an epic rally race from Beijing to Paris How Rolls-Royce continues to demonstrate the enduring legacy of Robust, Classic Elegance
Born a thoroughbred Rolls Royce in December of 1933 in England, Dato? Sia Hok Kiang’s Rolls-Royce Phantom II was named Brumby. A long wheel base Phantom 2 Saloon which was first owned by Mr John Bell Armstrong in Melbourne, Australia.
Following a string of high profile owners, including Rolls-R...
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