Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe Waterspeed Collection showcased at the Pebble Beach

Rolls-Royce, the ultra luxury carmaker showcased its Phantom Drophead Coupe Waterspeed Collection at the Concours D’Elégance, Pebble Beach. The automaker is celebrating Sir Malcolm Campbell’s world record of water-speed set on 1 September 1937. Sir Malcolm, the British water sportsman set a world-record of 126.33mph on Italy’s Lake Maggiore from Bluebird K3 boat which was powered by a Rolls-Royce R-Engine. The manufacturer in order to celebrate this incredible feet created the Waterspeed Collection - 35 specially designed Phantom Drophead Coupés. One of them was showcased on the concept car lawn at Pebble Beach on 17 August.

Muller-Otvos, Chief Executive Officer, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars said, “Sir Malcolm Campbell’s successful pursuit of world-speed records on land and water were the result of his commitment to the most exacting standards of British design and engineering excellence. Such attributes are hallmarks of every Rolls-Royce motor car. This special Collection serves to display the breadth of Bespoke personalization available to every Rolls-Royce customer. We are thrilled to celebrate excellence in automotive design and showcase the Collection at the crown jewel of automotive events here at Pebble Beach.”

Phantom Drophead Coupe Waterspeed models embraces finest of contemporary materials furnish along with the Brushed steel and an exclusively developed ‘Maggiore Blue’ color scheme. The interior gets hand-crafted Abachi wood inlays. The exterior coachline and laser etchings inside the car adds more to its elegance.

Donald Wales, Grandson of Sir Malcolm Campbell said, “This very special motor car serves to pay a perfect homage to my grandfather’s remarkable acts of British daring and endeavor.” “The extraordinary attention-to-detail and commitment to engineering excellence so evident in these motor cars perfectly echoes the lengths my grandfather and his colleagues went to in their pursuit of the water speed records.”