YouTuber finds a fake Rolls-Royce Phantom and the difference between the replica and the real thing is shocking
- A YouTuber has uncovered one of the most obvious fake Rolls-Royce cars yet
- But despite being terrible, it also looks great
- This Chrysler 300 ‘kit-car’ is truly one of a kind
Published on Jan 03, 2025 at 6:15 PM (UTC+4)
by Alessandro Renesis
Last updated on Jan 06, 2025 at 10:38 AM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Kate Bain
This YouTuber found a fake Rolls-Royce Phantom built ‘on top’ of a Chrysler 300.
The result is shockingly bad and surprisingly good at the same time.
It’s bad because it’s clearly a fake, and you can tell.
But it’s also not the worst thing in the world, because it doesn’t look half bad either.
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A fake Rolls-Royce Phantom based on a Chrysler 300
The car was featured in a video shared by renowned UAE-based YouTuber Mo Vlogs, real name Mohamed Beiraghdary.
The Chrysler 300, especially the first generation, lends itself particularly well to this sort of thing because it has the same sharp edges and three-box design as the Rolls-Royce Phantom.
The proportions are reasonably similar, the front is flat and the front grille is large.
These are some of the key design elements that both the Chrysler and the Rolls-Royce share.
The similarities end there, and the Rolls-Royce is significantly longer and larger than the Chrysler 300, but this shop did a decent job and the car, at first glance, does look, vaguely, like a Rolls-Royce.
This is essentially a kit car
This, there’s no other way of putting it, is a kit car, which is a bit of a bad word in the car industry.
Kit cars aren’t always bad per se, and there are several kit cars that well made and designed.
And on some occasions, people call ‘kit cars’ vehicles that combine elements of two drastically different vehicles, such as the Tesla-powered AC Cobra or the weird Lamborghini Gallardo Frankencar pictured below.
But the problem is ‘kit car’ is also a term that’s often associated with ‘fake’ wannabe replicas of other cars, which is what this Chrysler-Rolls is.
Fake supercar replicas and kit car can look good on the surface, sometimes, but they’re always troublesome to own and run.
Not to mention the fact we’re fairly confident Rolls-Royce wouldn’t be particularly happy to know somebody created a Franken-Rolls starting from a Chrysler.
