Behold, the first ever Rolls-Royce concept auto
The Rolls-Royce Vision Next 100 (103EX) was unveiled in London this week and gives us a glimpse of what disgustingly wealthy people could one day cruise around in. Gasoline is no longer an essential fuel for vehicles to operate. A “Cooperizer” serves as the interface between driver and vehicle, with shifting colors and patterns that symbolize a personalized selection of entertainment, communications and autonomous-driving features.
“Looking towards the next 100 years, each and every Rolls-Royce will be a unique work of art”, says the Rolls-Royce website. Definitely not a V12 gasoline powerplant. Furthermore, with regard to the shape, size and silhouette of the vehicle, “you will be able to craft your vision entirely from the wheels up”, says the iconic engneering firm. BMW has finally introduced the concept of its Rolls Royce futuristic auto.
While the BMW VISION NEXT 100 was a concept auto created to be driven most of the time, with “typical BMW driving pleasure at its core”, the concepts from MINI and Rolls-Royce follow their current vehicular themes of individuality and ultimate luxury, respectively. The VISION NEXT 100 appears to hover above the road surface on catamaran like pontoons.
Passengers can ask Eleanor to take them somewhere or to find a good restaurant along the way. Again: It’s a visionary concept.
According to Rolls-Royce, four key catchphrases guided the development of the company’s Vision Next 100: personal vision, grand sanctuary, effortless journey, and grand arrival. All concepts bear the “Vision Next 100” name and offer very different versions of what a future autonomous vehicle could look like. In this age of mass-production, Rolls-Royce bodies all hold to specific model types, although the automaker allows a great degree of cabin customization through its bespoke program. Regardless, the seat is trimmed in an off-white silky fabric, and most other surfaces are trimmed in Massacar wood.
Finally there’s what Rolls is terming the Grand Arrival.
One of these truths [constant over time] is how the powerful have always understood the symbols through which they express their standing.
The Vision 100, though, did not seem to win over some on social media.