RE: £20m Rolls-Royce Boat Tail opens 'Coachbuilt'
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I guess a lot of the "value" of this to your oligarch is wrapped up in that "part of the development process" line.
For that sort of margin, you could have someone pretty much full time massaging egos, coordinating zoom calls with CAD development, fly your oligarch around to visit the field where the cows are grazing who will eventually make the gearknob, etc. For maybe 2-3 years.
Imagine it would be quite fun!
For that sort of margin, you could have someone pretty much full time massaging egos, coordinating zoom calls with CAD development, fly your oligarch around to visit the field where the cows are grazing who will eventually make the gearknob, etc. For maybe 2-3 years.
Imagine it would be quite fun!
Ignoring the hilarious price tag for a moment, I really like that.
If it was me spending the £20m on one, I’d want RR to team up with Riva, that rear end is crying out for some high gloss teak woodwork like the interior of Sweptail and a Riva Aquarama... not sure of the wheels though...
If it was me spending the £20m on one, I’d want RR to team up with Riva, that rear end is crying out for some high gloss teak woodwork like the interior of Sweptail and a Riva Aquarama... not sure of the wheels though...
love it
Jules Henry said:
I understand that it is £20M, but I don't understand how it is £20M
This. Absolutely this. Could you imagine the house you could have built on a £20m budget?I have no problem with cars attaining a high value for various reasons (Ferrari 250GTO etc etc), but a new product being priced there honestly baffles me. Even factoring in the build hours, the talent, hand-built etc etc, the materials...I still cannot get to £20m in my head.
1,000 Fiesta STs. A THOUSAND.
I love unique cars like this, but that price is just insanity. Madness. RR could've asked £40 million and these 3 x billionaires would still be bonkers enough to buy it.
The ridiculous thing is some bespoke high-end coachbuilder like Touring Superleggera would've done exactly the same thing at the same quality for probably £2 million max ... and you'd be able to have holidays in Italy to discuss / watch the car's progress.
This to me simply comes down to "I own the world's most expensive car ever" bragging rights. A bit mental TBH. Still, it boosts Rolls's & UK profits, so great.
The ridiculous thing is some bespoke high-end coachbuilder like Touring Superleggera would've done exactly the same thing at the same quality for probably £2 million max ... and you'd be able to have holidays in Italy to discuss / watch the car's progress.
This to me simply comes down to "I own the world's most expensive car ever" bragging rights. A bit mental TBH. Still, it boosts Rolls's & UK profits, so great.
My normal redistributionist instincts are occasionally slightly undermined when I remember that some spectacular and amazing things have been created by concentrated wealth, that wouldn't otherwise exist, and the world would be a slightly sadder place for it.
This is not one of those things.
For that kind of money you could have a ludicrously nice hypercar, a butler in a sprinter with a full luxury dining set in the back, and a years worth of quails eggs, and still have £18m and change to give to charity (or build a hospital or whatever). Maybe I'd be a rubbish billionaire.
This is not one of those things.
For that kind of money you could have a ludicrously nice hypercar, a butler in a sprinter with a full luxury dining set in the back, and a years worth of quails eggs, and still have £18m and change to give to charity (or build a hospital or whatever). Maybe I'd be a rubbish billionaire.
PhantomPH said:
Jules Henry said:
I understand that it is £20M, but I don't understand how it is £20M
This. Absolutely this. Could you imagine the house you could have built on a £20m budget?I have no problem with cars attaining a high value for various reasons (Ferrari 250GTO etc etc), but a new product being priced there honestly baffles me. Even factoring in the build hours, the talent, hand-built etc etc, the materials...I still cannot get to £20m in my head.
1,000 Fiesta STs. A THOUSAND.
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