The price is around R160m. Probably the most expensive new car ever sold I imagine. It makes a Bugatti Chiron, at just under R40m, appear affordable.
For his R160m the Sweptail owner has a most unique Rolls-Royce, which although numbered chassis #8, will never be reproduced. The Sweptail’s design is imposing and a modern miracle of mechanical engineering – especially the full-length glass roof.
Can you believe it has only two seats. Despite generous cabin dimensions, the Sweptail’s rear seats have been replaced with wood decking, featuring aluminium luggage rail inserts, to act a luggage stowage surface. The calibre and finish of Sweptail’s in-cabin wood decking would not look out of place on a Lake Como speedboat. But that’s not truly its most remarkable comfort and convenience feature.
The absolute pièce de résistance feature is a hand-built serving mechanism, deploying from the centre console, at the touch of a button. Serving what? Well, nothing less than the Sweptail owner’s choice of champagne, with two crystal champagne flutes presenting as the bottle of bubbly rises from a refrigerated compartment.
