The Rolls-Royce Wraith St James Edition

The famous British automaker, Rolls Royce, has introduced a special edition for the Wraith, dubbed as the St. James Edition.

Beyond luxury

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars highlights the Endless Colors of Bespoke with its latest “1 of 1” dazzling Bespoke Wraith, “St. James Red.” The world’s ultimate luxury brand offers more than 44,000 colors in its Bespoke palette for exterior and interior finishes.

If you can’t find one to your liking on this lengthy list, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars will match any hue you propose. The company chose the exciting and vibrant St James Red, bearing the moniker of the famed London art district that stretches from Bonham’s to Christie’s, to invoke the same visual passion and excitement that one feels when behind the wheel of the most powerful Rolls-Royce Motor Car ever offered.

Exclusive color is a perfect example of Rolls-Royce Motor Car’s Bespoke capabilities. Over the years, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Bespoke designers have matched colors from flowers, lipstick and various personal items in its quest to meet owner’s desires. It is this personal expression and exclusivity that gives each and every Rolls-Royce Motor Car its value as an unique work of art.

For Wraith, St. James Red, the interior features the highest quality hand crafted leather in Black with Hot Spur Red accents including stitching and piping. The dramatic Piano Black veneer finish is the result of hand crafted woodwork that has earned the brand its reputation as the pinnacle in luxury.

The marque’s sweeping fastback design appears complete with a Bespoke Starlight Headliner consisting of over 1,340 fiber optic lamps, creating a star-studded interior. This also Wraith features a dramatic up-lit Spirit of Ecstasy poised on the crest of the iconic Rolls-Royce Motor Car Parthenon Grille.

Each Wraith is powered by a 624 bhp 6.6 liter twin-turbo engine engineered to deliver effortless performance and elegant power. The drive experience is enhanced by Rolls-Royce Motor Car’s one-of-a-kind Satellite Aided Transmission, a cutting-edge technology that marries the car’s gearbox to GPS data to ensure Wraith is always in the correct gear, therefore poised to deliver its abundant power.

The remarkable success of Wraith in attracting a new generation of successful entrepreneurs to the marque has been underpinned by a surge in demand for Bespoke personalisation – a remarkable 95% of all Wraith motor cars left the Home of Rolls-Royce with an element of Bespoke design last year, giving bold expression to the notion that Bespoke is Rolls-Royce.

Bentley Continental GT takes off with Breitling Jet Team 2016

Bentley is taking its fusion of luxury and performance to new extremes with the launch of the Continental GT Speed Breitling Jet Team Series.

This exclusive series is limited to just seven cars, each inspired by one of the seven Breitling Jets.

Extreme customization & immense speed

The Breitling Jet Team, supported by the independent Swiss watch company Breitling, is the world’s largest professional civilian flight team performing in jets. The team is comprised of seven L-39 C Albatros jets that can reach speeds of up to 565 mph and fly within just a few feet of each other.

Renowned for their precision, speed and daring, this summer the Breitling Jet Team will be performing across the United States and Canada in a grand tour of epic proportions. To commemorate this spectacle, Bentley’s Mulliner division has re-imagined the Continental GT Speed to mirror the distinctive look of the Breitling Jets, fusing extreme customisation with immense speed.

The exterior is painted in a striking duo-tone split of Hallmark and Onyx with highlights colour matched to the exact Pantone of Breitling’s unique Yellow, reflecting the trademark look of the L-39 Albatros Jets. This bespoke colour theme is continued on the interior, with unique sculpted seats featuring accents in Breitling Yellow.

Taking customisation to new heights, each car is individually numbered and corresponds to one of the seven Breitling Jets. The dashboard’s carbon fibre fascia panel displays an image of the seven planes in their signature Avenger flight formation, with the corresponding jet highlighted in Breitling Yellow.

Similarly, Mulliner has matched the hide and thread to Breitling’s signature yellow and designed a series of logos and graphics for the headrests that highlight the number of each car and the jet that inspired it. The tread plate plaques are also individually numbered.

The series will debut at the Boeing Seafair Airshow on 31st July in Seattle, where the Breitling Jet Team is performing. The key for each car will be handed over to its owner by the corresponding plane’s pilot, but not until they have experienced a flight in the jet that inspired their car.

Geoff Dowding, Director of Mulliner, said: “The Continental GT Speed Breitling Jet Team Series demonstrates the level of customisation Mulliner can achieve for customers. Creating this very special edition has been an exciting experience for the entire team, taking inspiration from the Breitling Jet Team’s grand tour.”

Rolls-Royce Phantom Limelight Collection for the Rich and Famous

Rolls-Royce Phantom Limelight Collection, a bespoke Euro 597.700 ($650K) luxury limo for the rich and famous.

For the rich and famous, exclusivity and flamboyance, hold great importance in their lives. Rolls Royce has introduced a new bespoke collection, based on its Phantom model, that achieves a new level of exclusivity altogether. Named the Rolls-Royce Phantom Limelight Collection, it has been created for those who spend their lives in the public eye and on the world stage. “Its name was inspired by the origin of a British invention which became synonymous with fame. The limelight effect was originally discovered in the 1820s by Sir Goldsworthy Gurney, a prototypical British gentleman scientist and inventor of the Victorian era,” the company says in its press release.

As for the car, Torsten Müller-Ötvös, CEO of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, claims the designers have “delivered authentic luxury by thinking deeply about the lifestyles of the powerful people who operate in the public eye and move swiftly from engagement to engagement as part of their daily life. The result is a beautiful, discreet motor car in which those for whom the world is waiting can prepare, relax, and arrive in the finest luxury and style.” In terms of special treatments, the rear doors have been fitted with special compartments: on the ladies’ side, room for jewelry, on the men’s side, a concealed space for watches. Both sides have room for three fragrances in handmade bottles imported from France’s Bresle Valley: one each for morning, midday, and evening.

The Rolls Royce Limelight collection also introduces a new type of rear seat for the Phantom, which according to the automaker has been optimized for relaxation through consultation with medical professionals, featuring a motorized calf rest, a 27-degree incline, and foot rests that pop out of the car’s floor. Another first for Rolls-Royce Phantom and exclusive to Limelight is a two-veneer finish. The bespoke clock in this edition draws influence from the rich Gala Blue paint exterior and the diamond motif design that runs throughout the collection. Offered in two color schemes, the Light Limelight features Seashell with Navy Blue Contrast Leather and Seashell tone-on-tone stitching, whilst the Dark Limelight sports Navy Blue with Seashell Contrast Leather and Navy tone-on-tone stitching. Only 25 Roll-Royce Phantom Limelight cars will be made to maintain its exclusivity and its priced at Euro 597.700 ($650K) for the US customers.

Mercedes-Benz Presents Concept GLC Coupé

In a flowing transition, Mercedes-Benz lands the next coupé: the Concept GLC Coupé is a near-production-standard study that carries the successful GLE Coupé formula over into a more compact segment.

The dynamically expressive show car combines typical stylistic features of a coupé with the sensually pure design idiom of coming SUV generations. This emotively appealing fusion is further enriched with details that are strong in character. A twin-blade radiator grille, powerdomes on the bonnet and a four-pipe exhaust system form an aesthetic contrast to the harmonious, almost organic main body section. On the other hand, elements from the rugged off-road world, such as enormous 21-inch tyres, front and rear underbody protection, increased ground clearance and side running boards, are indicative of the off-road performance potential of the Concept GLC Coupé.

The same successful blend of the multifunctional SUV and the emotively appealing coupé world of Mercedes-Benz that was so enthusiastically welcomed with the GLE Coupé is now repeated with the Concept GLC Coupé. However, the near-production-standard show car inhabits a more compact segment, as demonstrated by the external length of 4.73-metres and the 2.83-metre wheelbase. These two dimensions, together with the striking and muscular main body section, elongated greenhouse and large 21-inch wheels, provide an ideal basis for the typical, almost dramatic proportions of the sportily youthful coupé generation with the characteristic off-road touch.

Bentley Grand Convertible Concept

It’s been described as “the most sophisticated open-top car ever created by Bentley”, and we agree completely.

We’re talking about the Bentley Grand Convertible concept, which was unveiled by the British automaker just before the Los Angeles Motor Show. It is a classy ride, that much is certain, and even though it looks completely ready for production, it is still nothing more than a concept at this time.

This Bentley convertible borrowed the same 6.75-litre twin-turbocharged V8 engine that animates the Mulsanne Speed, and so it boasts the same power output of 811 lb ft and 530 horsepower. On the outside, the vehicle impresses with a Sequin Blue paintjob complemented by a burl walnut veneer on the tonneau cover, while the inside features Beluga leather with blue cross-stitching.

The wood cover that we mentioned before is the largest piece of wood veneer ever installed on a Bentley, and that says a lot. For an extra touch of elegance, the interior also features 14 leather hides that are stitched together using sequin-colored thread.

Luxurious Rolls-Royce Ghost Series II

At the 2014 New York International Auto Show, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars unveiled Ghost Series II to North American customers.

Offered in a discreet and considered update of this iconic car’s exterior appearance, Ghost Series II offers the latest technological advances to the growing base of highly-successful customers – the Captains of Industry, entrepreneurs and successful business men and women.

Ghost Series II : changes at a glance

Ghost is a thoroughly contemporary representation of Rolls-Royce luxury – perfectly balancing effortless dynamism and modern luxury in a car that is composed under all circumstances.

Ensuring Ghost remains at the very cutting edge of an ever-changing world is essential to satisfying Rolls-Royce’s demanding customers and Ghost Series II proves a showcase for the most recent technological advances from the marque. Clad in a subtle re-design, Ghost Series II ensures the timeless yet modern quality that the marque’s customers cherish.

The eye is immediately drawn towards the re-sculpted headlights, with unbroken daytime running lights framing a new, more dynamic shape, giving Ghost Series II a distinct visual signature from the front. This blends perfectly with revised surface treatments to the front of the car.

A tapered ‘wake channel’ on the bonnet, emanating from the Spirit of Ecstasy’s wings, evokes the sight of a jet’s vapour trail, hinting at the car’s dynamism. Subtle re-sculpting of Ghost’s bumpers creates a stronger stance and a sense of extra width and height, whilst the contemporary aesthetic is further enhanced with the addition of chrome inserts to the front air intakes, which now feed more air cooling to the front brakes.

One of Rolls-Royce’s defining visual signatures is given an enhanced dynamic edge. The famous waft line has be re-designed on Ghost Series II to lean further forwards – with a view to emphasizing the car’s effortless dynamism.

These features, married with new optional 21” forged wheels and standard 19” wheels, ensure Ghost remains a perfectly executed, contemporary expression of Rolls-Royce luxury.

Interior comfort

Interior comfort and style are enhanced with re-designed seats. Electronically adjustable thigh supports for front seat passengers complement a new seat structure, enhancing Ghost’s unchallenged interior comfort levels.

A revised rear seat design ensures absolute comfort for those wishing to conduct business or simply relax. In ‘Lounge seat’ configuration, the seats are gently angled towards each other to create a more intimate setting, allowing passengers to communicate more easily.

The seats are available with three-level heating as standard with optional massage function and can be reclined for comfort. Chrome surrounds to the sun visor lights and a new soft-feel dashboard treatment enhance the car’s premium tactility, whilst sumptuous natural grain leather can now be optionally extended to the A and C pillars.

The instrument dials and clock have also undergone subtle enhancements with individually applied polished metal chaplets around the dials evoking the precision design of hand-made, luxury wrist watches, whilst the matt chrome centres ‘float’ in the middle of each instrument.

Finally, the scope for Bespoke customisation is widened with the introduction of two new, exquisitely crafted veneers; Paldao and Walnut Burr Crossband.

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