Rolls-Royce's coachbuilt Boat Tail may be most expensive new car ever — via drivingdotca autonews
Rolls-Royce wants to revive the long lost art of the coachbuilt luxury car, after getting a taste doing a one-off model four years ago, and to show it’s serious, revealed late May its first new bespoke vehicle, the Boat Tail, which may be the most expensive new car ever built.
The cantilever-ing wood-paneled deck of the car, which borrows its feel from J-class yachts, is obviously the most radical feature of the Boat Tail; its halves fold open to reveal a “hosting suite,” replete with refrigerator, champagne flutes, towels, a built-in sun shade, and fold-out chairs. It’s definitely a fitting car to herald the marque’s return to coachbuilding. See, historically, some of the brand’s most important models were ones not found on the showroom floor, but instead paid for by customers who fitted a bespoke body to a Rolls chassis.
The division, aptly named “Rolls-Royce Coachbuild,” will assist customers in bringing their dreams to reality. In the past, coachbuilding was a relatively simple process for automakers, as the chassis for the vehicles could basically run separate from a body anyway.
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