The Rolls-Royce Boat Tail is a

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d luxury coach built

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car made by

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. It is the world's most expensive street legal new car at US$28 million.

History

BMW, the parent company of Rolls-Royce, trademark protected the Boat Tail Concept with the

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on 30 May 2018, as well as with the INPI in Brazil.

Design

The car was designed by the company's specialised coachbuild division at its Goodwood plant, reinterpreting the 1910s

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Boat Tail car design.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5oaZ-TQGLo (at 3 min 50s) It draws aesthetic inspiration from

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s of the 1920s and 1930s. The car shares its chassis and engine with the

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; but has 1,813 bespoke parts, including five

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s in the rear deck. The first of three cars built features a parasol that extends from the rear deck deployed by a mechanical system in an inverted manner like a flower, rotating cocktail tables with matching stool seats, a complete set of Christofle

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and two fridges in a colour scheme to match Armand de Brignac champagne bottles. The deck is finished in Caleidolegno

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and hinges towards the centre in a butterfly shape, at an angle of 67 degrees. The first car features matching pairs of men's and women's watches manufactured by

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which include a tiny sculpture of the car in the dial. The watches can be worn as a wristwatch or used as a desk clock or pocket watch, and they can also be placed in a titanium enclosure on the car's dashboard to be used as its clock. The car has a bespoke

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sound system which uses the car's floor structure as a

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. The car includes a Montblanc pen housed in a hand-crafted case inside the glove box. The instrument panel dials feature

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decorative work. File:Rolls-Royce Boat Tail front.png File:Rolls-Royce Boat Tail rear.png File:Rolls-Royce Boat Tail trunk.png

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