Rolls-Royce labored with Dutch dressmaker Iris van Herpen to make its most elaborate one-off automobile but.

Unveiled Monday, the Rolls-Royce Phantom Syntopia is the “most technically advanced fee ever undertaken” by the automaker’s bespoke division, based on a Rolls press launch. The one-off sedan took 4 years to develop and construct for the unnamed shopper that commissioned it.

Primarily based on the extended-wheelbase model of Rolls’ flagship sedan, the Phantom Syntopia options an iridescent paint job that seems stable black at first, however exhibits purple, blue, magenta, and gold undertones in daylight. A wave design on the hood additionally seems when considered at sure angles. To realize these results, Rolls used a brand new method that concerned including pigment to the clear coat, a course of that took a number of months and concerned over 3,000 hours of testing and validation, based on the automaker.

The inside’s built-in picnic tables received their very own elaborate paint job with the identical wave design. Rolls used black paint blended with 0.9% glass particles, then added clear coat with 1.4% of the shimmer combination used for the outside, a course of that took over three weeks to finish.

The wave design is repeated on the inside’s illuminated Starlight Headliner with 995 fiber-optic parts. The sunshine-up headliner is a signature Rolls function, however the automaker claims that is probably the most sophisticated model but. The Syntopia headliner was constructed from a single piece of leather-based chosen from over 1,000 hides. It is layered on woven nylon material that exhibits by means of in spots, supposed to create a spine-like, three-dimensional look, and garnished with 162 petals constructed from glass organza, a shiny material utilized in high fashion.

The wave and petal themes have been repeated for the paintings within the “Gallery” show window housed within the Phantom’s dashboard. All informed, assembling the headliner took 700 hours of labor by the Rolls and van Herpen staffs, whereas the Gallery artwork took 60 hours to finish.

For the upholstery, Rolls went with a throwback theme. Many early luxurious vehicles had open driver’s compartments, which have been trimmed in leather-based to face up to the weather, and enclosed passenger compartments with material upholstery. Whereas nonetheless totally enclosed, the Syntopia has leather-based entrance seats, whereas the rear seats are upholstered in quilted, silk-blend material that has a shimmering look just like the headliner.

The Syntopia can also be the primary Rolls to get its personal scent. In keeping with Rolls, it is primarily based on cedar wooden from the shopper’s residence area, with hints of iris, leather-based, rose, and lemon blended in. It will get spritzed from patented dispensers within the headrests, which took greater than two years to develop, based on Rolls. That included testing in excessive warmth and chilly to make sure the scent “maintains its distinctive profile in all circumstances,” the automaker mentioned.

The Rolls-Royce Phantom Syntopia is scheduled to be delivered to its proprietor in Might. Rolls claims it will not be replicated, however the automaker’s return to coachbuilding and continued emphasis on bespoke work means we’ll seemingly see extra extravagant builds like this, in addition to restricted editions just like the three-off Boat Tail.