Rolls-Royce - Geneva 2015
Rolls somehow makes a silk-lined Phantom seem like it's not trying too hard
There are even nice cars to look at, too. And although Rolls hasn't done anything as vulgar as bring an all-new model to the show - we'll have to wait a while to see the forthcoming SUV - there was a spectacular Phantom with its cabin lined almost entirely with embroidered silk.
As close as we got to that silk interior...
And not just any old silk, either. The Serenity's unspun silk thread was sourced from Suzhou in China and then hand-dyed, was flown to Britain (in first class, we hope) and then weaved in Essex into just 10 metres of fabric. This was then painted with a technique - and we're not making this up - known as 'unconscious painting' which - the official release tells us - relies on the artist painting the same form again and again, "the purpose of this repetition is the imbue the artist with an innate understanding of these natural forms until their balance and nature is understood without thought."
We really can't improve on that...
Click here for the PH Geneva news hub!
Bit of a non-feature for me I'm afraid.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/te...
an insulting Mandarin word to describe the nouveau riche
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24677113
Here in Toronto, Canada, a very small minority of Chinese immigrants love to do up their cars like below. Admittedly not as ghastly as some of Bieber's stuff or in the ME but still a bit much imho especially when a Mercedes E350 has a matte purple wrap Somehow on a performance car it seems more acceptable, but on a family saloon its very tuhao
Bit of a non-feature for me I'm afraid.
IMO, the Phantom is still one of the most wretched cars on the road. As I've said many times, if I wanted a box-shaped car with the drag coefficient of my house, I would buy an '80s Volvo!
It's a shame, as RRs used to have elegance and class. The modern Phantom certainly has presence, but has about as much elegance as an MMA fight and as much class as a Cheech and Chong movie. I know I may offend some on here, but I just don't see how a three-tonne brick can be described as elegant, classy, or beautiful, certainly when compared to their past work:
They've lost the plot, unfortunately.
So I really hate them but want one very much indeed!
Bit of a non-feature for me I'm afraid.
One-off commissions are making up an increasingly significant part of Rolls-Royce’s business, with 85% of its cars now commissioned with some level of bespoke content.
Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff