HAND-BUILT TO PERFECTION. COACHBUILD BY ROLLS-ROYCE.
‘Boat Tail challenges the notion of what a motor car is. It is not just the method to reach a destination, but the destination itself. It is an ambition realised with a remarkable cohort of women and men who empowered the marque to create a concept of extraordinary scope.’
Alex Innes
HEAD OF COACHBUILD DESIGN, ROLLS-ROYCE MOTOR CARS
FROM CLAY MODEL TO SUBLIME MASTERPIECE
The manual techniques of Coachbuild offer new realms of design opportunity. After the preliminary design was penned, a full-sized clay sculpture was hand-crafted until a pure form was discovered.
From a digital remastering, a buck was created. Then, aluminium sheets were hammered into a canvas and honed until a supreme clarity of surface and continuation of line was achieved.
Boat Tail’s form is dramatic in curvature, monolithic in scale, and crafted from one seemingly endless surface. An achievement beyond the capability of any machine.
Boat Tail’s form is dramatic in curvature, monolithic in scale, and crafted from one seemingly seemingly endless surface. An achievement beyond the capability of any machine.
Two-sided timepieces, one for the lady and one for the gentleman, can be worn or placed within the fascia as car clocks. The timepieces required Rolls-Royce and BOVET 1822 to work in partnership for over three years.
A double refrigerator houses the clients’ favourite vintages of Armand de Brignac champagne. Bottles can be rapidly cooled to precisely six degrees – the optimum serving temperature of the preferred vintage.
