The brand Rolls Royce has always been utterly synonymous with class, beauty, and timeless style. From its initial growth from the electrical and mechanical business established by Henry Royce in 1884, the Rolls Royce company has produced quality and elegant motor cars ever since.
If you are the proud owner of a Rolls Royce, you will be aware of their high-quality construction and near-silent operation; however, there are perhaps lesser publicized facts that even the most passionate Rolls Royce owner may be unaware of, so be sure to read on to find out some interesting facts.
Bull’s Hide
Every Rolls Royce is fitted with sumptuous, interior leather furnishings which are derived from a natural vegetable tanning process called Corinova. However, a fascinating fact about the leather interiors of Rolls-Royces is that they are only sourced from bulls, as cowhides are often tainted with stretch marks, whereas a bulls’ is usually blemish-free. Additionally, the leather is only sourced from Europe as there are significantly fewer insect bites on the hide.
The Famous Stripe
Since Rolls Royce opened its Goodwood plant in 2003, only one individual has been painting the famous pinstripes on every single car. Mark Court has been hand-painting the famous poker-straight line that goes from just behind the headlights to just before the taillights for over eighteen years. The pressure to get it right the first time is intense, as the specific paint he uses has special properties that instantly bond to the underlying car paint.
The Sweptail
The Sweptail is a one-off Rolls Royce coupe that took over five years to produce after a secret billionaire placed the order in 2013. It is the most expensive Rolls-Royce ever made and has an estimated value of just over $13,000,000.
Selling Your Rolls
Selling your Rolls-Royce is by no means as simple as selling another, cheaper, and more popular car brands, and you must have several rules. However, to take the stress out of selling and, perhaps more pertinently so as not to prolong the pain of parting with your prized possession, one of the best ways is to sell to an online, exotic car company who can buy Rolls Royce motorcars and guarantee they are passed on to someone who will treat your car with the respect it deserves.
White-Glove Experience
Rolls-Royce offers a course quirkily entitled the ‘White Glove Experience”, ‘ which teaches budding and accomplished chauffeurs alike how to minimize fingerprints on door handles and brake amongst a host of other things car without kickback.
Indian Royalty
The Indian Royal Family liked the Rolls Royce brand and spent millions ordering bespoke and individually tailored interior design requirements. However, the Maharaja of Paliala was mocked by a particular Rolls-Royce salesman when he entered the showroom and enquired about a particular model. Embarrassed and not to mention incredibly affronted, he immediately purchased the entirety of the stockroom and re-purposed everything into garbage trucks. Rolls-Royce was humiliated by the incident and promptly sacked the salesman in question.
