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Say hello to the Rolls Royce Sweptail a bespoke one-off built for one of Rolls" "most valued customers". Inspired by the "swept-tail" Rolls Royces of the Twenties and Thirties, work began on the Sweptail in 2013, when an unnamed, exceptionally wealthy fellow asked Rolls to build him a "one-off luxury motor car like no other". So it did. And it"s being shown at the Villa d"Este Concorso d"Eleganza this weekend.The grille is the largest fitted to any modern-era Rolls Royce. It"s milled from a single piece of aluminium, before being hand-polished to a mirror shine. Further back you"ve the "swept-tail" that gives the car its name, while Rolls says the way the bodywork wraps under the car "with no visible boundary to the surfaces" is "akin to the hull of a yacht". Meanwhile the "bullet-tip" centre brake light and lower bumper "combine to create a greater feeling of elegance in motion".08 is its number plate (Rolls has given no indication where this car will live, but it"s right-hand drive). Like the grille, the two digits are milled from a block of aluminium and hand-polished. The "highlight" of the exterior though, says Rolls, is the panoramic glass roof. They claim it"s "one of the most complex ever seen on a motor car". It"s certainly among the biggest.
Date written: 26 May 2017
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ID: 7948
Say hello to the Rolls Royce Sweptail a bespoke one-off built for one of Rolls" "most valued customers". Inspired by the "swept-tail" Rolls Royces of the Twenties and Thirties, work began on the Sweptail in 2013, when an unnamed, exceptionally wealthy fellow asked Rolls to build him a "one-off luxury motor car like no other". So it did. And it"s being shown at the Villa d"Este Concorso d"Eleganza this weekend.The grille is the largest fitted to any modern-era Rolls Royce. It"s milled from a single piece of aluminium, before being hand-polished to a mirror shine. Further back you"ve the "swept-tail" that gives the car its name, while Rolls says the way the bodywork wraps under the car "with no visible boundary to the surfaces" is "akin to the hull of a yacht". Meanwhile the "bullet-tip" centre brake light and lower bumper "combine to create a greater feeling of elegance in motion".08 is its number plate (Rolls has given no indication where this car will live, but it"s right-hand drive). Like the grille, the two digits are milled from a block of aluminium and hand-polished. The "highlight" of the exterior though, says Rolls, is the panoramic glass roof. They claim it"s "one of the most complex ever seen on a motor car". It"s certainly among the biggest.
Date written: 26 May 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 7948
