2012 Rolls-Royce Phantom Series II Coupe Aviator Collection
In May 2012, Rolls-Royce announced the Series II car, to be available from the 2013 model year. Series II, exterior design updates by Andreas Thurner and interior design updates by Alan Sheppard, has a number of updated and improved features
Rolls-Royce’s links to aviation go back to the company’s beginnings in the early part of the 20th century, and the company used that history as inspiration for its limited-edition car, the Phantom Coupe Aviator. The big coupe may not look all that different from a regular Phantom Coupe, but it’s festooned with small art deco nods to the 1930s-era, Rolls-Royce–powered British Supermarine S.6B seaplane.
Rolls-Royce revealed the Aviator at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.
This was a limited run (35 units) of the Phantom Coupé, inspired by Supermarine S6B (powered by a Rolls-Royce R Type engine). It included Aviator Grey body colour, a contrasting matt bonnet, window and grille surround, Thommen aviation-grade clock with blood orange needle tips embedded in the metal foil upper fascia and matt black dials, mahogany lower fascia with Sapele contrast, polished stainless steel veneer 'onlays' with bullet-shaped ends, leather-lined glove compartment, centre console chrome plaque describing Charles Rolls, polished aluminium cup holders.
An embossed quote from Rolls-Royce co-founder Charles Rolls can be found in the glove box: “The power of flight is as a fresh gift from the Creator, the greatest treasure yet given to man". There is also a chrome plaque on the centre console with the phrase “Pioneer Aviator” along with the signature of Charles Rolls.