Rolls-Royce Waltzes Into Österreich

Filed in archive on April 18, 2007

Schönbrunn palace

One would have thought it was a given. There are certain things in life one simply takes for granted. The sun rises and sets. Big Ben rings on the hour every hour (until it's down for maintenance). And that Rolls-Royce would have had a sales presence in one of the world's most elegant capitals - Vienna.

Alas, that has not been the case. It was only until today that Goodwood announced that the purveyors of the world's finest luxury car have officially entered the Austrian market.

According to Rolls' official Austrian distributor Karner & Grossegger Automobil GmbH & Co. KG (a mouthful, to be sure) they have "already had an outstanding reaction to the Phantom and received substantially more orders than we were initially expecting. We have also had strong interest in the Phantom Drophead Coupé and we look forward to the start of deliveries of that model in late summer."

All this time it must have been Mercedes-Benzes and Maybachs that have been on chariot duty for the ball.



[Source: Rolls-Royce]