Rolls-Royce Unveils One-Of-One Phantom Regatta At Goodwood Festival Of Speed

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has presented Phantom Regatta, a one-of-one Phantom Extended commissioned as a tribute to the racing yachts of England's South Coast, at the 2026 Goodwood Festival of Speed on 2 July. The car was designed and built at the marque's Goodwood headquarters in West Sussex, within sight of the waters that inspired it.

The commission draws its theme from the Solent and Chichester Harbour, stretches of coastline visible from the Goodwood Estate and home to regattas including Cowes Week. The location also carries a personal link to the marque: co-founder Sir Henry Royce's home, Elmstead, stood in the nearby coastal village of West Wittering.

The exterior is finished in a two-tone scheme of Regatta Blue over English White, hand-applied to suggest the waterline of a yacht's hull, and set on 22-inch fully polished disc wheels intended to echo the winches found on racing yachts. Inside, Navy Blue leather at the front and Grace White in the rear suite continue the marine palette, with contrast stitching in both tones and RR monograms embroidered in turquoise.

Among the more labour-intensive elements are the picnic tables, finished to resemble a yacht's deck. Each is built from 16 planks of Royal Walnut veneer, cut from a single section of wood and hand-laid from the centre outward to achieve a mirrored grain, separated by two-millimetre strips of Black Bolivar wood standing in for deck caulking. Rolls-Royce said the tables alone required around 120 hours of craftsmanship — a detail that illustrates the scale of manual work still involved in the marque's Bespoke programme, even as most premium manufacturers lean on automation for trim work.

The cabin's centrepiece is a hand-painted Gallery artwork spanning the width of the car, created using a new blending technique the in-house artist developed over two weeks of trials to capture the movement of open water. Above the seats, a Starlight Headliner of 1,307 hand-placed fibre-optic points is patterned on the tidal currents around the Isle of Wight. A quieter touch sits in the air vents: each is engraved with coordinates — one for Goodwood House, the other for the Home of Rolls-Royce — visible only when tilted forward.

"Phantom Regatta is the work of our designers, engineers and craftspeople at the Home of Rolls-Royce at Goodwood, inspired by the waters on their doorstep," said Phil Fabre de la Grange, Head of Bespoke at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, adding that the project reflects what the division's craft skills can achieve across paint, leather, wood and metal.