Rolls Royce has unveiled the new limited edition Phantom Limelight. There will be only 25 units of this luxo barge available on order worldwide. Here is what’s special about the Limelight.

A unique personalised rear door pannier has been designed to ensure cherished personal possessions fall easily to hand. Ladies’ and Gentleman’s panniers are offered to the customer who can personalise their Phantom Limelight with door panniers that best suit their gender preferences. The Ladies’ and the Gentleman’s panniers can also be personalised to suit what particular personal possessions are required for the occasion.

In the standard configuration, the Concealed Fragrance Holder for three individual fragrances is located in the top left pocket of the Ladies’ pannier whilst in the Gentlemen’s pannier the concealed section holds watches. The concealed panel opens at an effortless push of the hand.The top right pocket, which is open, contains the fragrance bottles in the Gentlemen’s pannier whilst in the Ladies’ are two watch or jewellery holders.The fragrance bottles, which ensure the passenger always has the right fragrance available to them whatever the time of day, are handmade in the famous Bresle Valley in North West France ­– home to 75% of the world’s luxury bottles for perfumes and spirits. The bottom left pocket houses a universal vanity pouch made of the finest materials, with space for credit cards, business cards, spectacle storage or makeup, whilst Ladies’ and Gentleman’s Accessory Z-Boxes, constructed from carbon fibre, milled in aluminium and hand covered in the finest leathers, complete the door pannier.

The Phantom Limelight seat back reclines the body by a recommended 27 degrees helping to rest the head on the headrest cushion. Lower down the body, a new calf rest raises electrically by 68 degrees to support the calf, whilst a foot rest emerges out of the floor to raise the feet up to 30 degrees, all contributing to the perfect relaxed posture in motion.

Coming to the upholstery, the Limelight edition features Seashell with Navy Blue Contrast Leather and Seashell tone-on-tone stitching or Navy Blue with Seashell Contrast Leather and Navy tone-on-tone stitching. Complex embroidery inspired by a diamond shape, in homage to the legacy of great Rolls-Royce motor cars of the past, has been applied to the central seat flutes, door cards, rear console and for the first time to the Picnic Table backs.

Unique to this Collection and a first for Phantom, is a two-veneer finish. Piano Seashell specific to this collection is applied to the door cappings, blending the veneer with the leather schemes. Smoked Chestnut completes the colour scheme, the first time that this veneer has been used in the Phantom. There is a specially created Limelight Bespoke Clock draws influence from the rich Gala Blue paint exterior and the diamond motif design

It gets a Seashell and Navy Blue hand-painted coachline with a diamond motif, creating a three dimensional illusion of a diamond bracelet draped over the surface of the car along with 9 spoke alloys wheels