Rolls-Royce motor cars celebrates Bespoke at the Goodwood Festival of Speed

• Global public debut of Rolls-Royce Wraith Black Badge Landspeed Collection
• Bespoke expressions of full product portfolio presented to the public
• Collection presented on Festival’s Laundry Green

Visitors attending the Goodwood Festival of Speed will experience the global public debut of the Rolls-Royce Wraith Black Badge Landspeed Collection. Recently announced, the Landspeed Collection celebrates achievement, innovation and courage, commemorating the tremendous records set by British engineer, Captain George Eyston, in Thunderbolt, which was powered by two Rolls-Royce R V12 aero engines.

The Rolls-Royce Wraith Black Badge Landspeed Collection will take to the hillclimb up to four times a day in the exclusive ‘First Glance’ showcase. Further demonstrating Black Badge’s agility, a Rolls-Royce Dawn Black Badge will join the cars in the ‘Michelin Supercar Run’. Both motor cars can be viewed in the Supercar Paddock between their scheduled high-speed outings.

Displayed on the Festival’s Laundry Green, adjacent to Goodwood House, will be a selection of Bespoke commissions – comprising Phantom, Ghost, Dawn, Wraith and Cullinan – each an expression of an owner’s aesthetic sensibilities and of the marque’s peerless craftsmanship.

WRAITH BLACK BADGE LANDSPEED COLLECTION

The Wraith Black Badge Landspeed Collection is presented with a specially created two-tone finish that provides a visual cue to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah where Eyston pursued his record-breaking endeavours between 1937 and 1938. This remarkable Collection Car is presented in a specially created two-tone finish, which marries Black Diamond Metallic with a Bespoke Bonneville Blue hue. This specially developed colour bears particular significance to the Collection, with a colour that transitions under sunlight from light blue to silver, illustrating the reflections of both the vast sky over Bonneville and the crisp salt flats on Thunderbolt’s aluminium body.

Inside, the fissured texture of the Salt Flats is reproduced in the engraved fascia, while fine perforations on the steering wheel and driver’s seat mimic the dark line painted onto the stark white surface used to guide Eyston during his record runs. The Starlight Headliner precisely depicts the night sky on 16 September 1938, when Eyston set his third and final land-speed record of 357.497 mph. Silhouettes of his car, Thunderbolt, and its three record-breaking speeds are laser-engraved on the front tunnel. Just 35 examples of the Wraith Black Badge Landspeed Collection will be built.

ROLLS-ROYCE PHANTOM

Phantom will rightly assume pride of place in Rolls-Royce’s Bespoke space, honouring its status as the marque’s flagship. This highly contemporary commission commands attention with its Silver Haze exterior, while black detailing darkens key portions of the brightwork – most notably the B-pillar, window surrounds and the vertical bars of the iconic Pantheon Grille.

For the interior, an imposing black colourway is applied to the headliner, doors, fascia and carpets – contrasted by Cashmere Grey panels on the seats and doors, alongside Charles Blue accents for the seat piping and linings of the door pockets. Phantom affords a unique opportunity to present an artwork in the Gallery, seamlessly accommodated within the fascia for its commissioning patrons to enjoy. A Carbon Veil Gallery has been commissioned in collaboration with an artist renowned for his work with carbon fibre, Alastair Gibson. His inspiration for the installation was found in the skies, taking the angular, stealth-like shape of fighter jets and forging it into a design of pure and uncompromising menace. This aesthetic was then applied to Phantom’s Gallery – fulfilling Rolls-Royce’s ambition to introduce sharp, angular objects into the vehicle’s interior with a bold, creative confidence.

Further information in the press release to download