Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has unveiled a one-of-one Phantom Extended that pays homage to the 1964 James Bond film, Goldfinger – one of twelve Rolls-Royce appearances in the 007 film franchise. Revealed in the film’s 60th anniversary year, it takes inspiration from the 1937 Phantom III Sedanca de Ville owned by the eponymous villain, Auric Goldfinger. This story is masterfully explored in Phantom Goldfinger, with exquisite and ingenious Bespoke features linking to the plot and iconography of this enduring film.
Phantom Goldfinger incorporates some of the most extensively engineered Bespoke features applied to a one-of-one motor car in Rolls-Royce history, each linking to the Goldfinger film plot. A total of three years of continuous development was required to bring each of these elegant and playful Bespoke features to life – from a complex sculptural Gallery, inspired by the famous scene filmed on the Furka Pass, to a gold golf putter mounted to the inside of the motor car’s boot, recalling the club used by Auric Goldfinger during his first encounter with James Bond.
For the exterior of this contemporary tribute to Goldfinger’s motor car, Rolls-Royce paint specialists precisely matched the exterior yellow hue to the original 1937 Phantom III Sedanca de Ville used in the film. A unique ‘long-side’ two-tone design was developed in which the black finish wraps around the motor car’s generous coachwork as a single, uninterrupted graphic. The 21-inch disc wheels are finished in Black with silver ‘floating’ hubcaps, creating a tone-on-tone effect that recalls the wheel design of the 1937 motor car as seen in the film.
The Spirit of Ecstasy at the prow of Phantom Goldfinger has been given a unique finish, subtly referencing the motion picture’s plot. In the film, the villain Auric Goldfinger was smuggling gold in body panels of his Phantom. As a nod to this concept, sections of the figurine appear to reveal gold underneath, suggesting it is made of solid gold, concealed with a silver coat. Since it is not possible to silver-plate gold, Rolls-Royce specialists used a solid silver Spirit of Ecstasy and skilfully gold-plated it with 18-carat gold to achieve the ‘gold reveal’ effect.
In honour of the Goldfinger film, the Bespoke Collective of designers, engineers, and artisans within Rolls-Royce developed several highly complex details and features that incorporate 18- and 24-carat gold. One such feat is the hidden vault created in the centre console between the front seats. The area was re-engineered to house an illuminated solid 18-carat gold bar, shaped as a Phantom ‘Speedform’ – a stylised representation of the motor car’s design in miniature.
The base of the front and rear centre consoles is also lined with an exquisite gold finish, as is the inside of the glovebox.
The air vents and ‘organ stops’ throughout the motor car also have a lustrous gold finish. The speaker frets are given the same finish and inscribed with the film’s title treatment. The treadplates, designed to look like the gold bars that feature Goldfinger, are gold-plated and embossed using the same font developed for the film in 1964. The 24-carat gold-plated VIN plaque is engraved with a specially obtained vehicle identification number, which ends in 007.
Phantom Goldfinger incorporates some of the most extensively engineered Bespoke features applied to a one-of-one motor car in Rolls-Royce history, each linking to the Goldfinger film plot. A total of three years of continuous development was required to bring each of these elegant and playful Bespoke features to life – from a complex sculptural Gallery, inspired by the famous scene filmed on the Furka Pass, to a gold golf putter mounted to the inside of the motor car’s boot, recalling the club used by Auric Goldfinger during his first encounter with James Bond.
For the exterior of this contemporary tribute to Goldfinger’s motor car, Rolls-Royce paint specialists precisely matched the exterior yellow hue to the original 1937 Phantom III Sedanca de Ville used in the film. A unique ‘long-side’ two-tone design was developed in which the black finish wraps around the motor car’s generous coachwork as a single, uninterrupted graphic. The 21-inch disc wheels are finished in Black with silver ‘floating’ hubcaps, creating a tone-on-tone effect that recalls the wheel design of the 1937 motor car as seen in the film.
The Spirit of Ecstasy at the prow of Phantom Goldfinger has been given a unique finish, subtly referencing the motion picture’s plot. In the film, the villain Auric Goldfinger was smuggling gold in body panels of his Phantom. As a nod to this concept, sections of the figurine appear to reveal gold underneath, suggesting it is made of solid gold, concealed with a silver coat. Since it is not possible to silver-plate gold, Rolls-Royce specialists used a solid silver Spirit of Ecstasy and skilfully gold-plated it with 18-carat gold to achieve the ‘gold reveal’ effect.
In honour of the Goldfinger film, the Bespoke Collective of designers, engineers, and artisans within Rolls-Royce developed several highly complex details and features that incorporate 18- and 24-carat gold. One such feat is the hidden vault created in the centre console between the front seats. The area was re-engineered to house an illuminated solid 18-carat gold bar, shaped as a Phantom ‘Speedform’ – a stylised representation of the motor car’s design in miniature.
The base of the front and rear centre consoles is also lined with an exquisite gold finish, as is the inside of the glovebox.
The air vents and ‘organ stops’ throughout the motor car also have a lustrous gold finish. The speaker frets are given the same finish and inscribed with the film’s title treatment. The treadplates, designed to look like the gold bars that feature Goldfinger, are gold-plated and embossed using the same font developed for the film in 1964. The 24-carat gold-plated VIN plaque is engraved with a specially obtained vehicle identification number, which ends in 007.
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00:00Growing up watching James Bond, I always loved the action, the gadgets and of course, the
00:17cars. Goldfinger is no exception, full of iconic moments. So naturally, when we were
00:22given the brief to design Phantom Goldfinger, it was really exciting.
00:27The film features a 1937 Rolls Royce Phantom Sedanca de Ville, used by Bond's nemesis
00:33Ulrich Goldfinger to smuggle gold out of England.
00:41With Phantom Goldfinger, we wanted to design a modern interpretation, an evolution of the
00:45original, whilst also recalling key memorable scenes from the film.
00:52The car contains a host of whimsical features, which in some cases have been playfully hidden
00:57to echo how Goldfinger conceals the gold in the coachwork of his Rolls Royce.
01:02So for example, the Spirit of Ecstasy has been given a unique gold plated finish on
01:07select areas of her body that gives the illusion that it's been worn back and there's solid
01:11gold underneath. It's quite subtle and not something you realise at first glance, partially
01:16because your eyes are drawn to the striking yellow paint scheme, which is colour matched
01:20to the original.
01:24One key Rolls Royce moment in the film is when Bond is following Goldfinger driving
01:29along the Furkapass in Switzerland. Here we've designed a phantom gallery that features an
01:34artistic, ice-aligned map of the Swiss Alps, with the Furkapass highlighted by a slither
01:39of gold. The clocks around at the centre is inspired by the gun barrel opening sequence
01:45of Goldfinger and many subsequent Bond films. Another subtle reference to this scene is
01:50the golden hue constellation depicted in the Starlight Headliner, which references
01:54the day that the Furkapass scene was shot, the 11th of July 1964. The film's storyline
02:00can also be found on the inside of the picnic tables, where we've recreated, through a gold
02:05inlay, a fictional map of Fort Knox, the US gold reserves which Goldfinger plans to attack
02:10in the film. To complement this storyline is also an 18 carat solid gold speed form
02:15housed inside the centre console of the car, as if it was secured in a vault.
02:20Throughout the car we've placed a few fun easter eggs. For example, there's a small
02:24device in the boot designed to look like a tracking device Bond places in the rear of
02:28Goldfinger's Rolls Royce, to trace him to his smelting plant in Switzerland. Here it
02:33acts as a projector for the 007 logo. Inside the boot lid we've mounted a gold-plated golf
02:38putter, which references the first meeting of Goldfinger and Bond during a round of golf.
02:44The head of the club is adorned with a monogram, AG, matching that found on Goldfinger's signet
02:48ring.
02:50Phantom Goldfinger stands to be our most ambitious and creative one-off project to date, a fitting
02:55tribute to the legacy of a classic Bond film.