View all newsletters
Have the short, sharp Spear's newsletter delivered to your inbox each week
  1. Luxury
  2. Motoring
August 21, 2024

Why rare car collectors will rush to buy this Rolls-Royce

Just 10 models from the Phantom Scintilla Private Collection will be made available through the brand's private office network

By Suzanne Elliott

Rolls-Royce has unveiled an ultra-exclusive model for leading clients across the globe.

[See also: Best classic car advisers 2024]

Just 10 editions of the Phantom Scintilla will be available worldwide as part of a limited-edition run to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the brand’s muse, the ‘Spirit of Ecstasy’, the winged figure that adorns the bonnet of every Rolls-Royce.

Select and enter your email address The short, sharp email newsletter from Spear’s
  • Business owner/co-owner
  • CEO
  • COO
  • CFO
  • CTO
  • Chairperson
  • Non-Exec Director
  • Other C-Suite
  • Managing Director
  • President/Partner
  • Senior Executive/SVP or Corporate VP or equivalent
  • Director or equivalent
  • Group or Senior Manager
  • Head of Department/Function
  • Manager
  • Non-manager
  • Retired
  • Other
Visit our privacy policy for more information about our services, how Progressive Media Investments may use, process and share your personal data, including information on your rights in respect of your personal data and how you can unsubscribe from future marketing communications.

The cars will be made available exclusively through the brand’s private office network.

Chris Brownridge, chief executive, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, said: ‘The unveiling of a Private Collection is always a landmark moment. These rare and collectable motor cars, limited to just a handful of examples worldwide, are true masterpieces. We do not simply build motor cars — we create rare, complex and exquisitely crafted super-luxury products that are highly prized by collectors today and will be cherished long into the future.’

It’s all in the detail

The interior of the Phantom Scintilla features an intricate embroidered design, dubbed ‘painting with thread’. Developed over two and a half years, the design is made up of more than 869,500 stitches and is the most extensive embroidery ever seen in a Rolls-Royce.

[See also: Super troupe: Ferrari fever takes Tuscany]

Content from our partners
Abu Dhabi: How the 'capital of capital' became a magnet for UHNWs
Abu Dhabi Finance Week in the 'Capital of Capital'
Experience Seekers: The Future of Luxury Travel

The door panels, the most complex ever created by the brand, feature 633,000 stitches in a combination of grey and blue tones. The embroidery even glows in the dark thanks to carefully placed illuminated perforations.

[See also: Driven by design: how car galleries have become the new motoring status symbol]

‘Having two canvases – leather and fabric – added another level of complexity, as these materials respond to stitching in different ways,’ explains Brienny Dudley, bespoke craft specialist, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. ‘Thirty-six individually embroidered panels had to be carefully curated so that they aligned perfectly, creating a seamless, flowing motif through the interior suite.’

Central to the Phantom Scintilla’s design is the ‘Celestial Pulse’ Gallery artwork, which spans the width of the front fascia. This bespoke piece comprises seven ribbons, milled from solid aluminium and finished in the same ceramic material as the Spirit of Ecstasy.

Complementing this is the ‘fleeting moment’ starlight headliner, a roof display featuring 1,500 hand-placed fibre-optic stars that illuminate in a sequence inspired by the Spirit of Ecstasy’s flowing gown. Additional perforations reveal metallic silver fabric beneath, enhancing the headliner’s interplay of light and texture.

The rear picnic tables feature a delicate graphic applied using a masking technique that creates the illusion of shifting colours. The wood set is rendered in arctic white, finished with iridescent lacquer applied in up to 19 coats, a process that takes over 190 hours a car.

Rolls-Royce has not revealed a price for the Phantom Scintilla, but last year’s La Rose Noire Droptail, the first completed car in the third project from Rolls-Royce’s ultra-exclusive Coachbuild division – had a price tag rumoured to be more than $30 million.

Select and enter your email address The short, sharp email newsletter from Spear’s
  • Business owner/co-owner
  • CEO
  • COO
  • CFO
  • CTO
  • Chairperson
  • Non-Exec Director
  • Other C-Suite
  • Managing Director
  • President/Partner
  • Senior Executive/SVP or Corporate VP or equivalent
  • Director or equivalent
  • Group or Senior Manager
  • Head of Department/Function
  • Manager
  • Non-manager
  • Retired
  • Other
Visit our privacy policy for more information about our services, how Progressive Media Investments may use, process and share your personal data, including information on your rights in respect of your personal data and how you can unsubscribe from future marketing communications.
Thank you

Thanks for subscribing.

Websites in our network