The door skins go way, way forward of the windshield frame and incorporate a lovely swoop in the front fender sheetmetal to add visual interest to what is probably the largest convertible in the industry. The headlamps, signal lamps and driving lamps are new. The grille looks like a Phantom grille, but is sized and shaped for a sporty convertible and includes the world's only power-operated hood ornament, which flips over out of harm's way at the touch of a button, locking into place and leaving only a flat stainless-steel plate, so it can't be stolen.
On the Drophead Coupe, the trunk lid is made in two sections, the long horizontal one aft of the convertible top cover, and a vertical one that folds out into a carpeted picnic table or tailgate arrangement that can hold up to 330 pounds of human or other weight.
Trunk space itself is 11.1 cubic feet, enough, Rolls-Royce says, for three sets of golf clubs. The five-layer-thick cloth convertible top folds away completely behind the rear seats in a few seconds under a panel that can be painted in body color, contrasting color, or covered in optional genuine handcrafted teak strips that look like they belong on a Chris-Craft runabout.
Standard wheels and tires are Michelin PAX metric-sized run-flat tires on seven-spoke alloy wheels that are slightly larger than 20 inches because they are metric, and Goodyear 21-inch EMT run-flats on nine-spoke alloy wheels are optional. The wheels themselves have lightweight composite center sections, and of course, the car carries no jack or spare tire to save weight (which is kind of silly when the car ends up weighing 5700 pounds, but there it is).
