RETURN OF THE BOAT TAIL
Just as the last issue of Rolls-Royce & Bentley Driver went to press, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars revealed its latest ultra-exclusive bespoke model, aimed at expanding the company’s coachbuilding service into a distinct business. The most expensive model ever produced at Goodwood, it takes the name Boat Tail – last used on a series of coachbuilt Rolls-Royces in the 1920s and ’30s thanks to distinctive rear-end styling with overtones of a J-class yacht’s hull.
The two-door, four-seater grand tourer measures 5900mm in length and has a removable ‘canopy’ roof. Just three examples have been hand-built, heavily customised to the desires of their buyers, each of whom was involved throughout the entire design process. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has hailed the Boat Tail as a “unique collaboration” between the company and its clients.
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