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One of the world’s most exclusive cars is for sale on Auto Trader – a Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe.

The Rolls is priced at £399,950 – nearly £100,000 over the list price.

But this will enable you to avoid the 18-month waiting list for a new Phantom Drophead.

The luxurious four-seat convertible is powered by a 6.7-litre V12 engine which produces 453bhp, propelling the Rolls from 0-60mph in just 5.7 seconds.

And the two and a half tonne heavyweight will comfortably cruise up to a top speed of 149mph.

Rolls-Royce has not disclosed how many Drophead Coupes it has sold since the car’s launch in May.

The Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe features 21-inch alloy wheels, sat-nav, a ‘squeak-free’ leather interior made from the hides of 17 bulls, electrically-adjustable heated seats with memory function, and a bespoke teak-deck trim.

Axel Obermuller, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Managing Director for Europe and the Middle East, said on the launch: “We are confident of the continued growth in demand for Rolls-Royce cars and the launch of the Phantom Drophead Coupe is an important step in this process.”

The first US Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe was sold for $2 million at a charity auction in January, with more than $1.6 million going toward the Naples Children and Education Foundation.

As reported by Auto Trader in May, each Phantom Drophead takes 450 man hours to build at the company’s factory in Goodwood, West Sussex.

The Rolls-Royce Drophead Phantom Coupe is for sale –with just 2,000 miles on the clock – for £399,950.

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