Bespoke Starlight Headlining on RR Wraith

[S1M VP]

I've heard/seen/read lots about Rolls Royce claims of being able to put ANY star constellation in their headlinings, so I enquired about how much it would cost to have a bespoke starlight headlining on a wraith, with the star pattern of a particular date, time and place.

When the dealer had the call back from the factory, I was told they couldn't give a specific cost, but it would be somewhere between 50,000-80,000 Euros (on top of the £10,000 they charge for the standard starlight headlining) and was also told it would add around 8 months to the build date.

Given they make such a big thing about being able to do it, I don't quite understand why it would need so much one-off engineering to warrant such a huge price and thought I'd ask if anyone else has ever enquired about one.

[Blaster72]

Even their own blurb says a personalised one takes 2 craftsmen around 17 hours instead of nine hours for the standard layout.

Pay 2 people for 8 hours even at say £40 an hour = £640. Maybe add a couple of grand for someone to come up with layout for the exact time and date you want. Maybe say £3k total on top of the £10k option price?

Where they got your quoted price from I've no idea. Maybe they meant 5000-8000 Euros and just added an extra zero by mistake?

RR said:

https://www.rolls-roycemotorcars.com/en-GB/bespoke...

Edited by Blaster72 on Wednesday 15th February 05:38

[POORCARDEALER]

They will do anything at a price.....the SZ shaped cars, very very few have a sunroof as they didnt like doing them so quoted £10K IIRC (30 years ago +).

I would agree, thats a crazy amount

[craigjm]

Blaster72 said:

Pay 2 people for 8 hours even at say £40 an hour = £640

Rolls Royce craftsmen at £40 an hour what planet are you living on?

[S1M VP]

craigjm said:

Blaster72 said:

Pay 2 people for 8 hours even at say £40 an hour = £640

Rolls Royce craftsmen at £40 an hour what planet are you living on?

I'm guessing it would be closer to half that, but like you say, worst case even at £40/hr (cost) .... It just doesn't stack up.

Only thing I can think of, is if they need to produce special one-off tooling plates, to produce the holes and thread the Fibre Optic lights through the material, but if that is the case, why make such a big thing about how it is an option people can choose to have. Baffled.

[craigjm]

An basic assembly line worker at Chichester is paid £28k. Based on 225 working days in a year and a 7 hour day that works out as £18 per hour. Add in the average employment costs an employer pays and that becomes £23 per hour. A skilled crafts man is going to be paid more than that. I couldnt find figures for RR but I did for Bentley and it was £45k so based on the same maths equates to £37.14 per hour.

Remember you would never use those figures to cost your sales because recouping £37.14 will only cover your fixed costs.

[Blaster72]

craigjm said:

Blaster72 said:

Pay 2 people for 8 hours even at say £40 an hour = £640

Rolls Royce craftsmen at £40 an hour what planet are you living on?

How much do they get paid then Craig?

[craigjm]

See my reply above with a similar role at Bentley but dont forget the labour rate a company charges is not what it pays its staff in wages.

[Blaster72]

Thanks Craig, looks like £40 an hour is feasible after all if not a little too high.

Even with a whopping mark up the estimate given to the OP doesn't stack up at all as being reasonable.

[craigjm]

Blaster72 said:

Even with a whopping mark up the estimate given to the OP doesn't stack up at all as being reasonable.

Show me an option on the Rolls Royce that is reasonable
If you want something totally unique you pays yer money and they know their target customer will do just that

[Blaster72]

Too true! You know what they say about a Fool and his money......