Expat Michigander Jack White is a man all about the color schemes. A few years ago, he explained to Guitar Player, “Sometimes, I need something to keep myself centered. Having everything in the White Stripes be red, white, and black centers me, and keeps me on that one path. Copper centered me on the Raconteurs.” He’s also been known to rock a western fringe like nobody since Nudie Cohn passed on to the great shirtwaist factory in the sky. Seemingly inspired by White’s aesthetic verve, Rolls-Royce has announced a run of nine Al-Adiyat cars.
Despite the Arabic name, the run of nine Wraiths and one Phantom Coupé seems more like a British take on the cars that Cohn built for stars like Buck Owens and Roy Rogers. More restrained than Cohn’s six-gun-and-silver-dollar-bedazzled Pontiacs and Cads, the fleet of Rollers nonetheless packs more than a whiff of 1960s Technicolor Nashville. In fact, if we learned anything during a recent trip to the UAE, vehicle tastes and choices in the Gulf are perhaps more similar to our own than anywhere this side of Canada. They’ve even got questionably customized Mitsubishi Galants, just like Bakersfield.
According to Rolls, “‘Al-Adiyat’ is the noise made by a powerful horse when its hooves strike stone.’” And horsey bits are indeed everywhere. If they’re not extreme, they’re at least prominent. The front headrests feature embroidered equines, the sill plates and clock are emblazoned with gold-plated horseshoes, while other small details suggest various items of tack. We would not be the tiniest bit surprised if some enterprising sheikh commissioned an opulent Conestoga wagon to tow behind his. Enterprising sheikhs, if you’re reading this, please commission opulent Conestoga wagons to tow behind your Wraiths. It could be the hype new thing for this year’s National Day.
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Though the Al-Adiyats feature all the mod cons and then some, there’s one feature we doubt Rolls-Royce has thought to include. If the Goodwood crew has ginned up horns that blare the opening trumpet line from “Conquest,” we’ll eat our ten-gallon hats. And our twelve-gallon ghutrahs.
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