By arrangement · Rolls-Royce Phantom

The Phantom, arranged.

There is nothing to say about a Phantom that the car does not say first. It is the car for the one arrival in a life that is meant to be remembered — a bride through a gate, a father at a daughter's wedding, a guest the whole room turns to see. The house does not keep one, and no honest house in Mumbai does. It finds one, for a date, with thirty days to do it properly.

I

Who sits where

Two in the rear, in the deepest seats made; the rear-hinged doors are closed for you by your sarathi, not pulled. Your sarathi rides in front beside the car's chauffeur.

II

Luggage

Two cases, and the house would rather they travelled in a second car. The Phantom carries people.

III

The occasion

A wedding entry; a reception arrival; an anniversary that calls for it; a guest of honour from the airport to the venue.

In the house's hands

The Phantom the house arranges is a current car, in the colour you ask for where it can be had, confirmed to you with photographs of the exact car before the deposit is taken. It is cleaned the morning of the journey and cooled before you reach it; flowers, if you wish, done by the house's own hands, never a sticker or a ribbon on the paint.

By arrangement is the house's phrase for a car it does not keep on call and will not pretend to. Thirty days lets the house find the right one, see its registration, its insurance and the permission that lets it carry a guest that day, meet the chauffeur who comes with it, and send you photographs of the exact car before anything is held. A deposit holds the car; the balance is settled seventy-two hours before the journey, as set out in your written confirmation. Your sarathi rides with you; the car's own chauffeur drives.

The figure

Written for the occasion — the car, its chauffeur, your sarathi, fuel, tolls, parking and GST in one line — once the house has found the car and seen it. There is no rate card for a car like this, because the day and the car decide; what is written does not move. If thirty days is not what you have, say so: the house tells you plainly what is possible, and never sends something else and hopes.

If the date is close

Tell the house what you have in mind and when. Where the car cannot be found in time, the house says so at once and proposes the nearest thing it can stand behind — a Ghost or a Mercedes-Maybach where a Phantom cannot be had — written at the Marque figure, with the same sarathi and the same care.

Ask the house for the PhantomChoose Marque, name the car, give the date. The house replies in writing.

Questions guests ask

Can I hire a Rolls-Royce Phantom with a chauffeur in Mumbai?
Yes, by arrangement: give the house the date and the occasion, thirty days ahead where you can, and it finds the car, sees its papers, sends you photographs and writes the figure.
Why thirty days?
Because a Phantom is found, not fetched. The time is for finding the right car, seeing its papers and meeting its chauffeur — and for the house to tell you honestly, early, if it cannot be done.
Is there a deposit?
Yes — a deposit holds the car, and the balance is settled seventy-two hours before the journey; the figures are set out in your written confirmation, never on this page.
Can the Phantom be dressed for a wedding?
With fresh flowers in your colours, done by the house the morning of the entry. Nothing is stuck to the paint.
What if the Phantom cannot be found for my date?
The house says so at once and proposes a Ghost or a Mercedes-Maybach, written at its own figure, with the same sarathi.

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