Rolls-Royce Phantom Oribe
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Rolls-Royce Phantom Oribe
This RR one-off is a collaboration between Rolls and Hermés
Rolls-Royce has developed quite a busy business with its Bespoke division. It creates specially customized one-off models for particularly wealthy clients. The latest is the Rolls-Royce Phantom Oribe, and it's one of the prettier and more interesting ones.
The car was commissioned by a Japanese entrepreneur who collects old pottery from Japan called Oribe. That pottery often features green and white glazing, which provided the inspiration for the name and the color scheme of the Phantom. This particular Phantom was also a collaboration between Rolls-Royce and the French designer fashion brand Hermés, which provided all of the interior leather and canvas.
That interior is really the highlight of the car. Most surfaces feature green and white leather to match the exterior. But the headliner and rear armrests receive a canvas fabric Hermés uses on some of its handbags. Walnut wood veneers decorate the doors, rear seat tables and dashboard. A unique touch is the lack of metal speaker grates. Instead, Rolls-Royce drilled out holes in the wood trim over the speakers. Additionally, the dashboard features an equine themed pattern that was hand painted. It was inspired by a particular style of scarves offered by Hermés. Both the car and fashion companies' logos appear on the glovebox door.
This car is of course a one-off, so you won't see any more of them. Of course if you have the undoubtedly massive amounts of money to commission a Bespoke Rolls-Royce, you could probably request certain aspects of it on your own special car.
The car was commissioned by a Japanese entrepreneur who collects old pottery from Japan called Oribe. That pottery often features green and white glazing, which provided the inspiration for the name and the color scheme of the Phantom. This particular Phantom was also a collaboration between Rolls-Royce and the French designer fashion brand Hermés, which provided all of the interior leather and canvas.
That interior is really the highlight of the car. Most surfaces feature green and white leather to match the exterior. But the headliner and rear armrests receive a canvas fabric Hermés uses on some of its handbags. Walnut wood veneers decorate the doors, rear seat tables and dashboard. A unique touch is the lack of metal speaker grates. Instead, Rolls-Royce drilled out holes in the wood trim over the speakers. Additionally, the dashboard features an equine themed pattern that was hand painted. It was inspired by a particular style of scarves offered by Hermés. Both the car and fashion companies' logos appear on the glovebox door.
This car is of course a one-off, so you won't see any more of them. Of course if you have the undoubtedly massive amounts of money to commission a Bespoke Rolls-Royce, you could probably request certain aspects of it on your own special car.
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Although I will probably never own one, one thing I like about Rolls-Royce is that they still do what IMO is a proper luxury-car interior with lots of wood trim, and that actually LOOKS like wood. They have not jumped on the "Sport-Oriented" craze, with cold-looking surfaces, like so many other automakers. Jaguar used to also do superb luxury-interiors, but forsaked them for the Sport-craze.
Although I will probably never own one, one thing I like about Rolls-Royce is that they still do what IMO is a proper luxury-car interior with lots of wood trim, and that actually LOOKS like wood. They have not jumped on the "Sport-Oriented" craze, with cold-looking surfaces, like so many other automakers. Jaguar used to also do superb luxury-interiors, but forsaked them for the Sport-craze.
Although I will probably never own one, one thing I like about Rolls-Royce is that they still do what IMO is a proper luxury-car interior with lots of wood trim, and that actually LOOKS like wood. They have not jumped on the "Sport-Oriented" craze, with cold-looking surfaces, like so many other automakers. Jaguar used to also do superb luxury-interiors, but forsaked them for the Sport-craze.
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I don't agree with the straw man reference. Regardless of the price range, IMO there is a difference between good-looking wood trim and tacky-looking trim. I've seen wood in some six-figure vehicles (such as some Jaguar Type Rs) that looked more like dark, almost-black polished-plastic than wood.
I don't agree with the straw man reference. Regardless of the price range, IMO there is a difference between good-looking wood trim and tacky-looking trim. I've seen wood in some six-figure vehicles (such as some Jaguar Type Rs) that looked more like dark, almost-black polished-plastic than wood.
) and there's no chance it would have cheaper 'sport-oriented' trim, which is why i say it's a false strawman.I do agree that a rolls royce does not have a cheap interior, in any way. Now tacky on some configs is a different story.
6 figures ranges from 100k to 1m. This particular rolls (probably 500k+) is slathered in wood (albeit with the hideous horse motif etched in ) and there's no chance it would have cheaper 'sport-oriented' trim, which is why i say it's a false strawman.
I do agree that a rolls royce does not have a cheap interior, in any way. Now tacky on some configs is a different story.
) and there's no chance it would have cheaper 'sport-oriented' trim, which is why i say it's a false strawman.I do agree that a rolls royce does not have a cheap interior, in any way. Now tacky on some configs is a different story.
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As I understand it, Rolls-Royce does not have the usual color-chart for its paint jobs. You order the car....you choose the color (in some cases, two-tone), and they mix the paint special for you. Mass-produced assembly lines, of course, cannot operate that way.
https://www.rolls-roycemotorcars.com...lls-royce.html
But with RR yes you can get whatever you want for $$$$$$$$
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