RE: One-off Rolls-Royce 'Sweptail' announced

[dudleybloke]

The front looks pretty good and I like the back apart from the smile/horseshoe detail that looks out of place.

[moneymakestheworldgoaround]

Seen it two days ago in France; looks interesting up close...



His F1 GTR LT is much better and cost less though...

[DJT14]

Lot of people saying its hideous... Gotta say I love it

[clonmult]

canucklehead said:

This is what happens when money outruns taste. Just awful, even uglier than a standard one.

Which is quite an achievement. Saw a Wraith (at a local supermarket car park! Quite well parked ....), first thought was "how damn huge is that?" Then went onto "that is huge and seriously ugly".

But hey, they're still in business, so they obviously know their target market. Plenty of people with more money than sense.

[TooMany2cvs]

clonmult said:

Saw a Wraith (at a local supermarket car park! Quite well parked ....), first thought was "how damn huge is that?"

Strangely, about the same size as a 7-series. Quite some coincidence, eh?

[bluemason]

Charlie Hoskins said:

Is that rear plate legal ?

It is only illegal if driven by a commoner

[99dndd]

I get the looks, if the owner wants to make it look like a boat.

For those saying he should share his wealth, he has. With the employees of Rolls Royce.

Would you rather he kept it in an offshore bank account?

[thegreenhell]

It's not to my personal tastes, but I'm glad that things like this are still allowed to exist in the modern world. What a boring place it would be if we all settled for the same mass-produced blandness all the time.

But what's going on with the name? Sweptail. Is that Swep Tail or Swept Ail, rather than Swept Tail?

[Oilchange]

I like it, beautiful car. I'd have one on my drive :-)

[M-SportMatt]

I think its fantastic, personally I think some of you guys need to go to specsavers but thankfully we can all like different things because if we all liked the same, god it would get boring.

[Timmay0]

moneymakestheworldgoaround said:

His F1 GTR LT is much better and cost less though...

Was that an owner's meet, or does this guy own 5 F1s?

[moneymakestheworldgoaround]

Timmay0 said:

Was that an owner's meet, or does this guy own 5 F1s?

McLaren F1 25th anniversary tour earlier this week, 22 were in attendance.

Although the owner of the F1 GTR LT, owns two of them.

[M-SportMatt]

moneymakestheworldgoaround said:

Seen it two days ago in France; looks interesting up close...

That isnt the car the article is about? Doesnt look anything like it?

[TooMany2cvs]

M-SportMatt said:

moneymakestheworldgoaround said:

Seen it two days ago in France; looks interesting up close...

That isnt the car the article is about? Doesnt look anything like it?

I think it is.

Plate and front end are the same. Glass shape is the same. What you're not seeing is the rear 3/4 of the roof, because it tapers in.

[750turbo]

TooMany2cvs said:

M-SportMatt said:

moneymakestheworldgoaround said:

Seen it two days ago in France; looks interesting up close...

That isnt the car the article is about? Doesnt look anything like it?

I think it is.

Plate and front end are the same. Glass shape is the same. What you're not seeing is the rear 3/4 of the roof, because it tapers in.

Using my finely honed CSI skills (And a screen dump) You can see that it is not, or maybe I need to go to SS. There is no tail as such.

[TooMany2cvs]

750turbo said:

TooMany2cvs said:

M-SportMatt said:

moneymakestheworldgoaround said:

Seen it two days ago in France; looks interesting up close...

That isnt the car the article is about? Doesnt look anything like it?

I think it is.

Plate and front end are the same. Glass shape is the same. What you're not seeing is the rear 3/4 of the roof, because it tapers in.

Using my finely honed CSI skills (And a screen dump) You can see that it is not, or maybe I need to go to SS. There is no tail as such.

Now look at how much it tapers in...


From that angle, that's about what you'd expect to see.

[750turbo]

TooMany2cvs said:

Now look at how much it tapers in...


From that angle, that's about what you'd expect to see.

Yep, totally agree, there is a massive taper, still do not think it is the same car though.

[TooMany2cvs]

750turbo said:

Yep, totally agree, there is a massive taper, still do not think it is the same car though.

It's had a lot of the same front end mods over the normal Phantom coupe...

[moneymakestheworldgoaround]

TooMany2cvs said:

750turbo said:

TooMany2cvs said:

M-SportMatt said:

moneymakestheworldgoaround said:

Seen it two days ago in France; looks interesting up close...

That isnt the car the article is about? Doesnt look anything like it?

I think it is.

Plate and front end are the same. Glass shape is the same. What you're not seeing is the rear 3/4 of the roof, because it tapers in.

Using my finely honed CSI skills (And a screen dump) You can see that it is not, or maybe I need to go to SS. There is no tail as such.

Now look at how much it tapers in...


From that angle, that's about what you'd expect to see.

It's the same car....

[TooMany2cvs]

moneymakestheworldgoaround said:

It's the same car....

YOU LIE!

Now put the crayons away.

Those angles make that swage behind the rear body side glass look much better than the official pics, though.

Shame they didn't bother with parking sensors or mirrors, save him having to touch-park the hedge.