RE: Rolls-Royce Wraith confirmed

[Matt UK]

article said:

"more than a hint of the noire", "a name that alludes to something more menacing; a nimbler, caliginous foil to Ghost and Phantom's stately presence" and the promise that "Wraith alludes to an almost imperceptible but powerful force, something rare, agile and potent, a spirit that will not be tethered to the earth."

For their sake, I hope these PR copywriters start writing this guff after a heavy liquid lunch, tongues firming in cheeks, hoading each other on to make the prose even more ridiculous on every draft to much applause and pished up laughter.

If they do it with a clear head and actually think it's good, I worry for their long term sanity.

[vixen1700]

DonkeyApple said:

Accountant?

Good God, no.

But do work in Finance.

[threespires]

I can't wait for the teaser videos of the rear wheel arch sound deadening panels and hopefully the wiring behind the dash.

[DonkeyApple]

vixen1700 said:

DonkeyApple said:

Accountant?

Good God, no.

But do work in Finance.

Snap. It's where I have finely honed my opinion that some of the dullest people with money are the lawyers and accountants.

Where lawyers and accountants take their money the party dies. But, money they have, they are also ubiquitous and relatively recession proof. So build boring and sell sell sell.

[skyrover]

I do like that teaser pic

[Ashley1987]

I imagine it will be some sort of boat.

Propellerheads....

[Carnnoisseur]

Could it be their variant of the Bentley EXP9 (4x4)?

[Justices]

This name is going to cause a spot of pronunciational bother over here in the China

[RenesisEvo]

vixen1700 said:

Love to see some sort of spectacular, over the top 21st Century Figoni & Falaschi Art Deco interpretation coupe.

The closest modern thing we have, but still can't even hold a candle to that Rolls.

[DonkeyApple]

RenesisEvo said:

vixen1700 said:

Love to see some sort of spectacular, over the top 21st Century Figoni & Falaschi Art Deco interpretation coupe.

The closest modern thing we have, but still can't even hold a candle to that Rolls.

I think Morgan come closest in a way with the AeroMax and the Eva GT?:

[Or888t]

DonkeyApple said:

RenesisEvo said:

vixen1700 said:

Love to see some sort of spectacular, over the top 21st Century Figoni & Falaschi Art Deco interpretation coupe.

The closest modern thing we have, but still can't even hold a candle to that Rolls.

I think Morgan come closest in a way with the AeroMax and the Eva GT?:

U say the Eva gt? Is no longer going to be produced !
1st i've heard
Remember having it has my desktop for a very very long time a few year back.

[DonkeyApple]

Or888t said:

U say the Eva gt? Is no longer going to be produced !
1st i've heard
Remember having it has my desktop for a very very long time a few year back.

It's not official, so there is hope. But the reality is that it's almost certainly not going to come back. As far as I'm concerned, it was the best looking 2+2 in my lifetime.

[chrissull]

[AlexKing]

Pretentious RR copywriter said:

caliginous

Just fk off.

[FarmerJim]

RR has emailed me a teaser link where you have to move the mouse over smoke to reveal brief glimpses of the car. The car looks amazing, but the launch would be soooo much better without all the rather embarrassing and pretentious marketing guff.

Note to RR - the car will stand on its own merits. Have confidence in that, ditch the hype and just launch the car in a civilised manner.

[munk]

Unless I've been out of the loop for too long- isn't roller a BMW subsidiary still? If so Sadly, (as much as I'd love to see an imposing art deco rolls as imagined in previous posts) I'd put my money on something resembling a tweeked and reworked 7 / 5 series with a 100-200k price tag.

Would love to see something bespoke and beautiful though- but I'm pretty certain it will be aimed at the nouveau-riche & eastern "bling-bling" markets.

[TomN94]

This is the original Wraith, right?



So, would it follow that shape do we think? Maybe something like this?



Its a terrible photoshop, but the best I could find.

[Gizmoish]

My money's on a big slinky coupé.

[CraigyMc]

TomN94 said:

Its a terrible photoshop, but the best I could find.

That looks like a completely plausible rover 75 shooting brake concept.

C

[Gizmoish]

chrissull said:

6-series Gran Coupe with a grille.