A magic carpet ride that ignores earthquakes and other fascinating facts about the world’s most luxurious car marque
Although it’s known for pandering to the whims of its special clients, British brand Rolls-Royce is noticeably discrete when tending to the business of building the world’s best cars, and thus a certain mysticism has always shrouded the Spirit of Ecstasy product.* The mechanism that electrically retracts the Spirit of Ecstasy bonnet mascot to prevent theft and damage is comprises 24 unseen linkages and bearings.
* To achieve the mirror-like body finish, five layers of paint are applied by the only robots you will find at the Home of Rolls-Royce. Any hard-to-reach spots are painted by highly skilled human paint experts. In total the process of applying a flawless exterior finish takes seven days and uses more than 91* Paint quality is checked by the most sophisticated measuring tool in the world: the human eye.
* Rolls-Royce’s craftspeople have been drawn from a variety of industries including make-up artists, tattooists, military tailoring and even a former parliamentary red box maker.
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