Rolls-Royce Phantom IV

The Rolls-Royce Phantom IV is a 4-door sedan from Rolls-Royce, built from 1950 to 1956, at the height of the post-war boom. Under the bonnet: 5.7&nbsp.

Where it came from

The Rolls-Royce Phantom IV is a British automobile produced by Rolls-Royce. Only eighteen were made between 1950 and 1956, sold only to buyers whom Rolls-Royce considered worthy of the distinction: the British royal family and heads of state. Sixteen are known to still exist in museums as well as in public and private collections.

Under the skin

Power comes from 5.7  other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It shifts through a 4-speed manual gearbox(4-speed automatic gearbox standard from 1954). The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. The wheelbase is 3683 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.

In context

Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Phantom III; its successor was the Phantom V; assembly was at Belper and Crewe, United Kingdom. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Chevrolet Bel Air, the Toyota Land Cruiser, the Porsche 356 — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Rolls-Royce catalogue sit the Rolls-Royce 100EX and the Rolls-Royce 102EX.

What it costs now

MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Rolls-Royce Phantom IV has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.