A YEAR OF MARVELS AND MASTERPIECES: ROLLS-ROYCE REFLECTS ON 2024 BESPOKE HIGHLIGHTS – AutoMart Canada

• Landmark Bespoke commissions completed in 2024 reflect the record
  level of Bespoke demand
• Commissions illustrate clients’ increasingly bold, diverse and
  personal inspirations
• Each features unique details never previously seen in a
  Rolls-Royce motor car, including paint inspired by celestial
  phenomena and a Bespoke gold golf putter
• Testament to the exceptional creativity, skill and unparalleled
  artistry of the Bespoke Collective
• Highlights include all motor cars in the current Rolls-Royce
  product portfolio

“Every Rolls-Royce motor car serves as a blank canvas for
an owner’s Bespoke commission. This year, we have once again been
delighted and challenged by the breadth of our clients’ imagination,
creativity and ambition, which presented the perfect opportunity to
showcase the ingenuity and vision of our Bespoke Collective. As
these commission highlights demonstrate, inspiration can come from
anywhere, and increasingly we see clients requesting even more
personal touches in their motor car, creating expressive works in
their own right and as part of a broader legacy. It is a testimony
to the skills of our Bespoke teams, and our brand’s standing in the
luxury world, that clients share with us their dreams, confident in
our ability to realise them in line with their ambitious creative vision.”

Chris Brownridge, Chief Executive, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars

PHANTOM SCINTILLA

Limited to just 10 examples worldwide, this
magnificent Private Collection celebrates the ethereal beauty, grace
and legacy of the Spirit of Ecstasy.

The interior is embroidered with 869,500 stitches forming a
continuous graphic inspired by her expressive form. The figurine
itself has a unique ceramic finish, evoking the Parian marble of The
Winged Victory of Samothrace, the Greek statue that inspired Claude
Johnson to commission the original mascot in 1910.

The centrepiece is the Celestial Pulse Gallery, capturing the
fleeting presence of the Spirit of Ecstasy. This artwork comprises
seven individually milled ribbons, cloaked in the same ceramic finish
as the Spirit of Ecstasy figurine. Above, the Bespoke Starlight
Headliner features an animation with 1,500 fibre-optic ‘stars’,
inspired by the Spirit of Ecstasy’s flowing gown.

BLACK BADGE GHOST CITY LIGHTS

In this commission, created exclusively for the UK, the
Illuminated Fascia features a Bespoke design recreating a bird’s-eye
panorama of London. The graphic is inspired by the thrilling view of
the city seen from an aeroplane as it makes its final approach to
landing at night. The pattern is composed of 8,372 laser-etched
lights, each individually placed by hand in the Piano Black veneer surface.

CULLINAN SERIES II – INSPIRED BY ROSE

This delicate, highly artistic commission was inspired by the
Phantom Rose, specially bred for Rolls-Royce, which grows in the
courtyard of the Home of Rolls-Royce at Goodwood and nowhere else in
the world.

Bespoke designers created a stylised rose motif, which was then
translated into the delicate embroidery on the front and rear
headrests and incorporated into the meticulously hand-painted Coachline.

PHANTOM GOLDFINGER

To mark the 60^th anniversary of the James
Bond film Goldfinger, Rolls-Royce created this intricately
detailed homage to the eponymous villain’s 1937 Phantom III Sedanca de Ville.

Bespoke specialists faithfully recreated the original motor
car’s famous black and yellow exterior finish, with ingenious features
referencing the film’s pivotal scenes – from a gold golf putter,
inspired by one used by Auric Goldfinger in his infamous match with
007, to a solid 18-carat gold speedform displayed in the centre console.

Other gold-inspired features include gold-plated treadplates
embossed with the same font developed for the film in 1964, a 24-carat
gold-plated VIN plaque engraved with a number ending in 007, as well
as organ stops, seat bullets and speaker frets with a lustrous gold finish.

The Gallery houses a stainless-steel artwork featuring an
isoline map of the Furka Pass, where 007 is seen in the film following
Goldfinger to his smelting plant. As another subtle reference, the
Starlight Headliner reflects the constellations as they appeared over
the Furka Pass in Switzerland on the final day of filming the scene.
As a finishing touch, a hidden projector was developed to display the
legendary ‘007’ logo when the boot is opened.
 

SPECTRE LUNAFLAIR

Commissioned by a discerning client from the United States,
Spectre Lunaflair draws inspiration from the optical phenomenon of a
lunar halo, where moonlight refracted through high-altitude ice
crystals creates a bright ring around the moon.

To capture this spectacle, the marque’s specialists spent a year
developing a unique holographic paint finish, reserved exclusively for
the commissioning client. The captivating ‘rainbow’ effect is achieved
by applying seven layers of lacquer, including a pearlescent layer
infused with fine flakes of magnesium fluoride and aluminium. This
creates a deep metallic effect in low light that bursts into rainbow
technicolour under bright sunshine.

The Spectre Lunaflair concept was partially inspired by another
Bespoke masterpiece, the one-of-one Phantom Syntopia. Captivated by
Phantom Syntopia’s iridescent Liquid Noir finish, the commissioning
client asked the Bespoke Collective to create a light and luminous
expression of this concept that reflected their fascination with the
lunar halo phenomenon. This cross-pollination of ideas exemplifies the
power of Bespoke at Rolls-Royce.

GHOST EXTENDED SERIES II – THE ENCOUNTER

This exquisite Ghost Extended Series II is designed to mark the
120th anniversary of the meeting of its founders on 4 May 1904. The
celebratory commission contains numerous references to The Hon.
Charles Stewart Rolls and Henry Royce, including their initials
embroidered on the headrests, their signatures on the C-pillar, and
the historic date of their introduction as the coachline motif.

The interior is finished in Duality Twill, a new rayon fabric
made from bamboo, embroidered with a ‘Duality’ graphic – an abstract
interpretation of the interlinked R initials of the marque’s founders’ names.

PHANTOM YEAR OF THE DRAGON

Commissioned via the Shanghai Private Office, this
extraordinary Phantom Extended was created to mark the Lunar New Year,
beginning on 10 February 2024. In a beautiful example of the growing
trend towards blending international heritage and Chinese cultural
traditions, known as guochao, the interior features meticulously
crafted details inspired by a traditional dragon symbol.

These include a unique hand-painted artwork on the front
passenger panel, dragon embroidery on the headrests, coachline motif
and the first-ever depiction of a dragon in a Bespoke Starlight
Headliner, crafted from 677 ‘stars’.