Rolls-Royce · 2021–present
Rolls-Royce Boat Tail
The Rolls-Royce Boat Tail is a mid-sized luxury coach built grand tourer car made by Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. Rolls-Royce said it created a trio of Boat Tail cars, each commissioned by a different client. It is the world's most expensive street legal new car, with a speculated price of US$28 million.
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History
BMW, the parent company of Rolls-Royce, trademark protected the Boat Tail Concept with the European Union Intellectual Property Office on 30 May 2018, as well as with the National Institute of Industrial Property in Brazil.
Design
The car was designed by the company's specialised coachbuild division at its Goodwood plant, reinterpreting the 1910s Rolls-Royce Ltd Boat Tail car design. It draws aesthetic inspiration from yachts of the 1920s and 1930s. The car shares its chassis and engine with the Rolls-Royce Phantom; but has 1,813 bespoke parts, including five electronic control units in the rear deck. The cars feature a parasol that extends from the rear deck deployed by a mechanical system in an inverted manner like a flower, rotating cocktail tables with matching stool seats, a complete set of Christofle tableware and two fridges in a colour scheme to match Armand de Brignac champagne bottles. The deck is finished in Caleidolegno veneer and hinges towards the centre in a butterfly shape, at an angle of 67 degrees. The first car features matching pairs of men's and women's watches manufactured by Bovet Fleurier which include a tiny sculpture of the car in the dial. The watches can be worn as a wristwatch or used as a desk clock or pocket watch, and they can also be placed in a titanium enclosure on the car's dashboard to be used as its clock. The car has a bespoke Bose Corporation sound system which uses the car's floor structure as a resonance chamber. The car includes a Montblanc pen housed in a hand-crafted case inside the glove box. The instrument panel dials feature guilloché decorative work.
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Specifications
- name
- Rolls-Royce Boat Tail
- Manufacturer
- Rolls-Royce Motor Cars
- Production
- 2 of 3, launch and presented on 27 May 2021
- Model years
- 2021, 2022
- Assembly
- Goodwood Plant, West Sussex, England
- Designer
- Daniel Koenigs
- Class
- Full-size ultra-luxury coach build
- Body style
- 2-door cabriolet
- Layout
- FR Layout
- Platform
- Architecture of Luxury
- Related
- Rolls-Royce Phantom (eighth generation)
- Engine
- 6.75 N74B68 twin-turbocharged V12 (petrol)
- Wheelbase
- 3,321 mm
- Length
- 5,760 mm
- Width
- 2,032 mm
- Height
- NNNN mm
- Kerb weight
- NNNN -
- sp
- uk
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Sources
- Wikidata — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107354873CC0 1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Boat_TailCC BY-SA 4.0 · Text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1365273660 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rolls-Royce_Boat_Tail_side.pngCC BY 2.0 · Photo: pelican-actor · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Manufacturer website (link only) — https://www.rolls-roycemotorcars.com/en_GB/inspiring-greatness/objects/coachbuild-boat-tail.htmlLink only; no content copied · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.