The exclusive Coachbuild division of Rolls-Royce has revealed its latest creation, a dramatic two-seat roadster called the Arcadia Droptail. Delivered to its owner at a private ceremony in Singapore—but intended to be driven internationally—the car is the third of four Droptails to emerge from Rolls-Royce’s headquarters. Each comes from the Coachbuild branch of the company’s Bespoke department, where customers spend several years and tens of millions of dollars designing and commissioning their perfect car. A basic platform and its V12 engine are shared between each Droptail, and much of the dashboard and driver controls will be familiar to anyone who has driven a “standard” Rolls in the last few years, but almost everything else about the Arcadia is bespoke. This is not the work of a moment. Alex Innes, head of the Coachbuild department at Rolls-Royce, told me how development of the Arcadia began when a mood board was presented to the customer four-and-a-half years ago. The plan was to create a car that impressed by a reductive design, drawing attention to what isn’t there as much as what is. All four examples of Droptail share a long-slung stance that harks back to American roadsters and hotrods of the 1920s—the sort of car you might recognize from The Great Gatsby. The ultra-low production numbers give Rolls-Royce the freedom to liberate itself from the house style shared by its (moderately) mass-produced models, like the Ghost, Cullinan and Phantom. Innes says this brought the chance to redesign the brand’s famous pantheon grille, penning one that is shorter, wider and which leans backwards for a more dynamic look.
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The exclusive Coachbuild division of Rolls-Royce has revealed its latest creation, a dramatic two-seat roadster called the Arcadia Droptail. Delivered to its owner at a private ceremony in Singapore—but intended to be driven internationally—the car is the third of four Droptails to emerge from Rolls-Royce’s headquarters. Each comes from the Coachbuild branch of the company’s Bespoke department, where customers spend several years and tens of millions of dollars designing and commissioning their perfect car. A basic platform and its V12 engine are shared between each Droptail, and much of the dashboard and driver controls will be familiar to anyone who has driven a “standard” Rolls in the last few years, but almost everything else about the Arcadia is bespoke. This is not the work of a moment. Alex Innes, head of the Coachbuild department at Rolls-Royce, told me how development of the Arcadia began when a mood board was presented to the customer four-and-a-half years ago. The plan was to create a car that impressed by a reductive design, drawing attention to what isn’t there as much as what is. All four examples of Droptail share a long-slung stance that harks back to American roadsters and hotrods of the 1920s—the sort of car you might recognize from The Great Gatsby. The ultra-low production numbers give Rolls-Royce the freedom to liberate itself from the house style shared by its (moderately) mass-produced models, like the Ghost, Cullinan and Phantom. Innes says this brought the chance to redesign the brand’s famous pantheon grille, penning one that is shorter, wider and which leans backwards for a more dynamic look.
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Rolls-Royce Arcadia Droptail Is A One-Off Roadster Inspired By Yachting
The exclusive Coachbuild division of Rolls-Royce has revealed its latest creation, a dramatic two-seat roadster called the Arcadia Droptail.
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