A patent filed by BMW with the
intellectual property office of Brazil for what appears to be a Rolls-Royce
coupe has been sighted, according to Taycan EV Forum. This could be a one-off
commissioning in the vein of the Rolls-Royce Sweptail from 2017, and likely
intend for the postponed Concorso d’Eleganza.
The patent was filed in Brazil in March, following
an early filing in Germany last September, according to the website. The car in
the illustration appears to be a variation of a Phantom coupe, with a pair of
slimline headlamps located above a pair of round ones, as on the Phantom Coupe
from 2008. The pantheon grille remains as a Rolls-Royce frontal signature,
along with its cab-rearwards stance when viewed in profile.
Compared to the Sweptail, the side profile
takes on a more pronounced three-box shape instead of the 2017 car’s sloping
fastback, and here the upcoming car has what appears to be wooden decking from
the base of the rear windscreen, along the length of the boot and continued
along the top of the rear bumper. The longitudinal orientation of panels recall
the teak decking from the 2006 Phantom Drophead Coupe.
A closer look at the car’s rear deck
reveals a centreline that runs the length of the surface, which indicates a
longitudinally oriented pair of doors. This could possibly be hinged in the
middle, for access to goods from the sides of the car, though the aperture’s
actual configuration should be evident later on when the car makes its public
debut. Its tail lamps dispense with Rolls-Royce tradition, however, doing away
with the vertically oriented lamp housings and here instead featuring slimline
units which mimic the car’s headlamps.