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Showing posts with label rolls royce. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rolls royce. Show all posts
Monday, July 2, 2018
Thursday, June 7, 2018
Did You know - Rolls Royce Edition
Rolls-Royce's Hood Ornament Is Actually A Tribute To A Secret Affair
Rolls-Royce is one of the few automakers left today that still uses a hood ornament to adorn the front of its cars. It’s called the Spirit of Ecstasy—a elegantly winged woman that who looks as though she’s experiencing a constant headwind. She was, allegedly, based on an actual woman named Eleanor Velasco Thornton.
This, according to Carfection, is how the story goes.
In the early 1900s, John Walter Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, the second Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, commissioned a hood ornament for his Rolls-Royce from an English sculptor named Charles Robinson Sykes. Sykes modeled the ornament after Thornton, an actress and Montagu’s mistress.
Because of their secret relationship, the first mascot that Sykes designed had a finger to her lips and was named “The Whisperer.”
(Jalopnik.com)
Rolls-Royce is one of the few automakers left today that still uses a hood ornament to adorn the front of its cars. It’s called the Spirit of Ecstasy—a elegantly winged woman that who looks as though she’s experiencing a constant headwind. She was, allegedly, based on an actual woman named Eleanor Velasco Thornton.
This, according to Carfection, is how the story goes.
In the early 1900s, John Walter Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, the second Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, commissioned a hood ornament for his Rolls-Royce from an English sculptor named Charles Robinson Sykes. Sykes modeled the ornament after Thornton, an actress and Montagu’s mistress.
Because of their secret relationship, the first mascot that Sykes designed had a finger to her lips and was named “The Whisperer.”
(Jalopnik.com)
Wednesday, June 6, 2018
A Top Shelf Event Featuring Top Shelf Refreshments
Rolls-Royce hosts first ‘Cars and Cognac’ event in the U.K.
Rolls serves up something classier than coffee, of course
"The 'cars and cognac' meet demonstrated the wonderful spirit of our customers as well as their deep passion for the brand," said Julian Jenkins, regional director for Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. "This evening was reflective of the rich dialogue between Rolls-Royce and its patrons; a truly unique and extremely rare relationship, one which we are privileged to nurture."
The evening borrowed heavily from California car culture, where cars and coffee meet-ups can see anything from slammed economy cars, customized muscle cars, or hyper-cars with multimillion-dollar prices gather at the same place. Of course, very few — i.e. none whatsoever — have featured cognac tastings conducted out of a customized Rolls-Royce-endorsed picnic basket. That's correct, a sommelier stationed at the tail-end of a Phantom sedan was handing out quaffs of fine cognac courtesy of an official Rolls-Royce Picnic Hamper. This is a thing, and you know you want one.
The event was held at the Soho Farmhouse, a member's only club located on a 100-acre property in Oxfordshire, approximately two hour's drive northwest from central London. On its homepage, Soho Farmhouse details its indoor and outdoor pools, multiple club rooms for special events, tennis courts, horse stables, football pitch (that's soccer for you silly Americans), and the intriguingly named Electric Barn Cinema. The entry-level membership, called Local House, with access only to the Soho Farmhouse facility, starts at about $1,700 at current exchange rates. To have access to all Soho House properties around the globe, the price runs around $2,200 (depending on whether your membership application is accepted).
Invitees were invited to stay on the premises, or have the option of being whisked home in a chauffeur-driven Rolls-Royce.
(AutoBlog.com)
Rolls serves up something classier than coffee, of course
"The 'cars and cognac' meet demonstrated the wonderful spirit of our customers as well as their deep passion for the brand," said Julian Jenkins, regional director for Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. "This evening was reflective of the rich dialogue between Rolls-Royce and its patrons; a truly unique and extremely rare relationship, one which we are privileged to nurture."
The evening borrowed heavily from California car culture, where cars and coffee meet-ups can see anything from slammed economy cars, customized muscle cars, or hyper-cars with multimillion-dollar prices gather at the same place. Of course, very few — i.e. none whatsoever — have featured cognac tastings conducted out of a customized Rolls-Royce-endorsed picnic basket. That's correct, a sommelier stationed at the tail-end of a Phantom sedan was handing out quaffs of fine cognac courtesy of an official Rolls-Royce Picnic Hamper. This is a thing, and you know you want one.
The event was held at the Soho Farmhouse, a member's only club located on a 100-acre property in Oxfordshire, approximately two hour's drive northwest from central London. On its homepage, Soho Farmhouse details its indoor and outdoor pools, multiple club rooms for special events, tennis courts, horse stables, football pitch (that's soccer for you silly Americans), and the intriguingly named Electric Barn Cinema. The entry-level membership, called Local House, with access only to the Soho Farmhouse facility, starts at about $1,700 at current exchange rates. To have access to all Soho House properties around the globe, the price runs around $2,200 (depending on whether your membership application is accepted).
Invitees were invited to stay on the premises, or have the option of being whisked home in a chauffeur-driven Rolls-Royce.
(AutoBlog.com)
Friday, March 16, 2018
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Did You Know - Rolls Royce Edition
How Two Long-Dead Dudes Named Rolls And Royce Got Together To Create Rolls-Royce
[W]hat’s most interesting about this hyper-exclusive carmaker are the two very, very dead British men—one an engineer, the other, a speed-freak car salesman—who started the original Rolls-Royce Limited over a hundred years ago. Motor1 explored the fascinating history behind the double Rs. Take a look:
Video link (Jalopnik.com)
[W]hat’s most interesting about this hyper-exclusive carmaker are the two very, very dead British men—one an engineer, the other, a speed-freak car salesman—who started the original Rolls-Royce Limited over a hundred years ago. Motor1 explored the fascinating history behind the double Rs. Take a look:
Video link (Jalopnik.com)
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
A Drink Worthy Of Its Namesake
The Rolls-Royce of cocktails is a coddling ride for your tastebuds
The Rolls-Royce cocktail is kind of a classied-up version of an upscale iteration of an already elegant drink, conjugated from the classic (gin) martini and it well-married brother, the Martinez.
"It's basically a very wet martini," says Paul Hletko, founder of FEW Spirits, an Evanston, Illinois gin and whiskey distillery acronymically (and winkingly) named for local maven Frances Elizabeth Willard, who helped found the Women's Christian Temperance Union – one of the forces behind Prohibition.
"Two-to-one is a fantastic ratio of gin to vermouth that really lets the vermouth shine, and then having that split between dry and sweet vermouths gives you fantastic and rich complexity, with that little bit of Benedictine being that really nice herbal add," Hletko told us.
As an interesting corollary, the drink first shows up in the Savoy Cocktail Book, the brainchild of another British/American hybrid: Harry Craddock. Born in the UK, Craddock came of age mixing boozes at New York's famed Knickerbocker and Hoffman House hotels, before abandoning our temperant union to become the best-known bartender at London's American Bar in the Savoy Hote.l An Ur-text of mixologists worldwide, Craddock's "Savoy" it is still in print today.
"It's very possible that Craddock created the Rolls-Royce Cocktail, catering to all the Bright Young Things of London society that congregated at the American Bar," says Phil Brooks, historian of the Rolls-Royce Foundation, an independent not-for-profit dedicated to the preservation of all things Rolls.
"My suspicion, totally unproven, is that he originated the drink in New York and brought it with him to London, as one of the over 200 cocktails he placed on the American Bar's menu. Bright Young Things, be they in London or New York, liked Rolls-Royces and bought them, both before and after World War I. No doubt many in that customer base would have liked a Rolls-Royce Cocktail."
(AutoBlog.com)
The Rolls-Royce cocktail is kind of a classied-up version of an upscale iteration of an already elegant drink, conjugated from the classic (gin) martini and it well-married brother, the Martinez.
"It's basically a very wet martini," says Paul Hletko, founder of FEW Spirits, an Evanston, Illinois gin and whiskey distillery acronymically (and winkingly) named for local maven Frances Elizabeth Willard, who helped found the Women's Christian Temperance Union – one of the forces behind Prohibition.
"Two-to-one is a fantastic ratio of gin to vermouth that really lets the vermouth shine, and then having that split between dry and sweet vermouths gives you fantastic and rich complexity, with that little bit of Benedictine being that really nice herbal add," Hletko told us.
As an interesting corollary, the drink first shows up in the Savoy Cocktail Book, the brainchild of another British/American hybrid: Harry Craddock. Born in the UK, Craddock came of age mixing boozes at New York's famed Knickerbocker and Hoffman House hotels, before abandoning our temperant union to become the best-known bartender at London's American Bar in the Savoy Hote.l An Ur-text of mixologists worldwide, Craddock's "Savoy" it is still in print today.
"It's very possible that Craddock created the Rolls-Royce Cocktail, catering to all the Bright Young Things of London society that congregated at the American Bar," says Phil Brooks, historian of the Rolls-Royce Foundation, an independent not-for-profit dedicated to the preservation of all things Rolls.
"My suspicion, totally unproven, is that he originated the drink in New York and brought it with him to London, as one of the over 200 cocktails he placed on the American Bar's menu. Bright Young Things, be they in London or New York, liked Rolls-Royces and bought them, both before and after World War I. No doubt many in that customer base would have liked a Rolls-Royce Cocktail."
(AutoBlog.com)
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
They're Making It Because There's Somone Who'll Buy It
The Rolls-Royce Sweptail Cost HOW MUCH? You Won't Believe It Until You See It . . . . .
The BMW-hosted Concours d'Elegance held in Italy at Villa d'Este is usually a big-time event; however, it seems that this year was relatively quiet.
Really, the only news came from Rolls-Royce and BMW.
That's it.
Maybe it had something to do with Jim Glickenhaus too busy fielding a team racing around the Nürburgring, or a year without any Zagatos. Long story short, the Roller announcement was a blockbuster. That's because it does two things:
1) It's the signal of a new era for Rolls-Royce as the company says it may begin exploring doing more one-off project cars, like the Sweptail; and,
2) The Sweptail now is thought to be the most expensive new vehicle produced. While there hasn't been an official dollar amount tagged to the project, the rumors swirling around Lake Como seem to indicate $12.8 million for the four-year project car.
(AutoSpies.com)
The BMW-hosted Concours d'Elegance held in Italy at Villa d'Este is usually a big-time event; however, it seems that this year was relatively quiet.
That's it.
Maybe it had something to do with Jim Glickenhaus too busy fielding a team racing around the Nürburgring, or a year without any Zagatos. Long story short, the Roller announcement was a blockbuster. That's because it does two things:
1) It's the signal of a new era for Rolls-Royce as the company says it may begin exploring doing more one-off project cars, like the Sweptail; and,
2) The Sweptail now is thought to be the most expensive new vehicle produced. While there hasn't been an official dollar amount tagged to the project, the rumors swirling around Lake Como seem to indicate $12.8 million for the four-year project car.
(AutoSpies.com)
Monday, May 22, 2017
Did You Know - Rolls-Royce Umbrella Edition
The Incredible Majesty Of A Rolls-Royce Umbrella
Rolls-Royce is so obsessed with its hallmark in-door umbrellas that it actually dedicated an entire room—one that probably has more square feet than the house I plan to buy at a lower price than a Rolls-Royce car—to eight artistically placed umbrellas “fly[ing] the length of the room, furling themselves by stages, until the last one slots neatly into the door of a Rolls-Royce Ghost.”
You can see just how highly regarded the things are in the video below, popping out of the side door that has drainage points for the rainwater and warm air that pumps through it to dry an umbrella before its owner has to get it out again.
Video link (Jalopnik.com)
Rolls-Royce is so obsessed with its hallmark in-door umbrellas that it actually dedicated an entire room—one that probably has more square feet than the house I plan to buy at a lower price than a Rolls-Royce car—to eight artistically placed umbrellas “fly[ing] the length of the room, furling themselves by stages, until the last one slots neatly into the door of a Rolls-Royce Ghost.”
You can see just how highly regarded the things are in the video below, popping out of the side door that has drainage points for the rainwater and warm air that pumps through it to dry an umbrella before its owner has to get it out again.
Video link (Jalopnik.com)
Thursday, March 23, 2017
Monday, October 10, 2016
Imagine Rolling Up To The Country Club In This
The Rolls-Royce Ghost Golf Edition Pays Tribute to the Ancient Game
The Rolls-Royce Ghost Golf edition, which debuted at the Dubai Motor Show last month, pays homage to the ancient game with a host of golf-inspired features.
Leave it to Rolls-Royce to roll out a vehicle of such rarity and refinement. Custom-designed for a private collector by AGMC, the sole Rolls-Royce dealer in the Gulf States, the car took more than two years to build.
Its exterior paint job, a two-toned dark green-and-sand scheme, is meant to invoke a desert layout, while the interior picks up on the sporty theme with a pine green steering wheel, tartan-lined door pockets, and mahogany and persimmon wood veneers.
Other luxe accessories include lambswool floor mats, a starlight headliner and folding picnic tables for passengers in back. You get the point; no expense was spared.
In the automotive world, the word “unique” is frequently misused, but in this case, it applies. As of this writing, there’s only one Ghost Golf in existence, but Rolls-Royce is willing to build another, a company spokesperson said, provided you’re willing to pay for it.
It’ll only cost you around $400,000.
(Golf.com)
The Rolls-Royce Ghost Golf edition, which debuted at the Dubai Motor Show last month, pays homage to the ancient game with a host of golf-inspired features.
Leave it to Rolls-Royce to roll out a vehicle of such rarity and refinement. Custom-designed for a private collector by AGMC, the sole Rolls-Royce dealer in the Gulf States, the car took more than two years to build.
Its exterior paint job, a two-toned dark green-and-sand scheme, is meant to invoke a desert layout, while the interior picks up on the sporty theme with a pine green steering wheel, tartan-lined door pockets, and mahogany and persimmon wood veneers.
Other luxe accessories include lambswool floor mats, a starlight headliner and folding picnic tables for passengers in back. You get the point; no expense was spared.
In the automotive world, the word “unique” is frequently misused, but in this case, it applies. As of this writing, there’s only one Ghost Golf in existence, but Rolls-Royce is willing to build another, a company spokesperson said, provided you’re willing to pay for it.
It’ll only cost you around $400,000.
(Golf.com)
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Rolls' 2016 Fiscal Numbers Are Now In Great Shape
Chinese Tycoon Places Order For 30 Rolls Royce Phantoms
A Hong Kong tycoon has placed the biggest ever order for Rolls-Royce cars, agreeing to buy 30 Phantoms to chauffeur guests at a luxury resort he is building in Macau.
Stephen Hung's $20m (£12m) purchase surpasses the 14 Phantoms bought by Hong Kong's Peninsula hotel in 2006.
Hung signed the deal with Rolls-Royce executives on Tuesday at the company's Goodwood factory in England.
(AutoSpies.com)
A Hong Kong tycoon has placed the biggest ever order for Rolls-Royce cars, agreeing to buy 30 Phantoms to chauffeur guests at a luxury resort he is building in Macau.
Hung signed the deal with Rolls-Royce executives on Tuesday at the company's Goodwood factory in England.
(AutoSpies.com)
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