Rolls-Royce Sweptail | |
Manufacturer: | Rolls-Royce Motor Cars |
Production: | 2017 |
Model Years: | 2018 |
Assembly: | Goodwood plant, Chichester, West Sussex, England |
Designer: | Alex Innes[1] |
Class: | Full-size luxury car/grand tourer (GT) |
Body Style: | 2-door coupé[2] |
Layout: | FR layout |
Doors: | Suicide doors |
Related: | Rolls-Royce Phantom VII |
Engine: | 6.75 L V12 |
Transmission: | ZF 8-speed automatic |
Powerout: | 453bhp |
Wheelbase: | NaNinches |
Length: | NaNinches |
Width: | NaNinches |
Height: | NaNinches |
Weight: | NaN- |
Sp: | uk |
The Rolls-Royce Sweptail is a one-off large luxury car made by Rolls-Royce Motor Cars.
The Sweptail is based on the Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupé and hand-built over four years.[3] Inspired by coachbuilding of the 1920s and 1930s, the car was commissioned in 2013, by a super-yacht and aircraft specialist.[4]
At the time of its May 2017 debut at the yearly Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este, it was the most expensive new automobile in the world, costing around £10 million.[5]
The Sweptail is owned by Hong Kong–based customer Sam Li, son of billionaire real estate mogul Samuel Tak Lee.[6]
Giles Taylor, former director of design at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars described the vehicle as "the automotive equivalent of Haute couture".[7]
In 2019, it was overtaken as the most expensive new car by the Bugatti La Voiture Noire which sold for US$18.7 million (US$12.3 million pretax).[8]