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Alex Innes We spoke with the director of Coachbuilt and Bespoke
It is not actually in this case that the very rich very rich have postponed their spending because of the coronavirus, a fact true in other purchases of luxury vehicles from the second half of last year. The most expensive car in the world,
20 million pounds sterling (23 million euros)
was presented yesterday, but it is a job of the bodybuilders section of Rolls Royce that began almost four years ago. The most sumptuous in history without a doubt: Boat Tail 2021.
We added the date to the model name because Rolls Royce manufactured the original Boat Tail in 1932, with wood paneling and a rear that showed a real boat. A customer who owned one of these museum pieces, attracted by the process of creating the
Swep Tail
model
in 2017
. The Swep Tail was a fully customized nautical-inspired car: in fact it was built on the instructions of the buyer, who left
15 million euros on it
.
The challenge was set
. The owner of the old Boat Tail proposed the recreation of a new one with the technologies and the most refined forms of this time and Rolls Royce launched a design team -
Coachbuild Design
- of its Bespoke personalized service for this type of work in which the creator is the customer. Another very, very, very rich person joined the first, with the coincidental taste of giving the new car a format inspired by classic J-Class sailboats. Finally,
three people formed the group and designed three similar Rolls Royces. but not identical. The first to be assembled is the one that was presented on Thursday
, with 1,813 pieces manufactured exclusively for this unique
four-seater example
.
In his presentation, the executive director of the brand,
Torsten Müller-Ötvös
, confirmed that he announced that the bodywork section will definitely become a fixed element in the portfolio of Rolls Royce. And he acknowledged that the business will be prosperous in part because of the coronavirus:
"There is a lot of money to spend. I was impressed by the number of clients who told us that with the Covid, they understood that they could die tomorrow and that now is the time to enjoy life "
, he told the agency France Press.
The Boat Tail is 5.8 m long
and its front image highlights a new treatment of the grille, more stylized, and
the iconic Rolls-Royce lights
. The blue tone inspires the
atmosphere of the oceans
with slight lines that can resemble waves. Rolls Royce explains the complicated development of wheel proportions on a custom aluminum frame. The removable hardtop is one-piece and is combined with
a Tonneau awning as a "static transient shelter
,
"
according to the brand.
The nautical references in the front are glimpses of what will be seen in the rear, the closest thing to the meeting room at the stern of a large yacht. The wood of the 1932 Boat Tail (Caleidolegno
) is present
, in wide slats. At the push of a button, two butterfly wings open, at an angle of 67 degrees, which introduces you into a space with a refrigerator, caviar cooler, porcelain plates, cutlery, and a cellar to keep the wine at its temperature ... Two cocktail tables and picnic stools open to the sides of the 'deck'. And
an amazing umbrella and the accomplishment that seems to have excited Coachbuild director Alex Inner the most
.
The engineering
of the temperature control in the 'accommodation suite' was developed in eight months
to introduce electronic control units and fans everywhere that guaranteed the perfect spot for champagne, caviar, wine ...
"It is about bringing
fantasy, vision, passion and the total willingness to participate in a project for three or four years
. That is why we carefully select
clients who share those values
with us, as it should be a mutually beneficial experience for us and for the customer, "explained Torsten Müller-Ötvös.
The cabin reproduces
the vision of serenity offered by the navy blue exterior
, from the stitches on the steering wheel to a textile coating on the lower part that combines with the
exterior
tones and offers
the sensation of water flowing into the body from inside the car. car
.
Luxury by flag
: leather on seats and doors, combinations of noble metal and wood with special attention to lighting, always with nautical references.
It presides over the
watch from the Swiss manufacturer Bovet,
made specifically to adorn the Boat Tail, an object desired by the customer, such as a
Montblanc pen with its corresponding box.
Other craftsmen of the guild have decorated the instrument panel with
the engraving technique called 'Guilloché'
.
After this inventory of passions and whims, it is even clumsy to name the engines, but of course the Boat Tail houses a
6.75-liter V12 biturbo 563 hp engine
like the Roll Royce Phantom.
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