Everything you need to know about the Rolls-Royce Boat Tail
- The Rolls-Royce Boat Tail is a car built with luxury in mind
- It’s also the most expensive, too, costing over $28 million
- The ultra-luxe vehicle was inspired by that yacht life
Published by Keelin McNamara
Edited by Emma Matthews
The Rolls-Royce Boat Tail, a yacht-inspired car, is arguably the epitome of vehicular luxury.
It’s also the most expensive street-legal new car, costing around $28 million.
Despite knowing the numbers, not many people know the whole story.
So today, we’re here to offer you a deep dive into the Rolls-Royce Boat Tail.
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Is the Rolls-Royce Boat Tail a luxury hotel on wheels?
To be honest with you – pretty much, yes.
Within the car world, there’s luxury, and then there’s Rolls-Royce.
An echelon above that is the comparison between the marque, and how ultra-luxe it wants to go.
And believe us, the British brand has spared absolutely no expense with the yacht-inspired car known as the Boat Tail.
This model is built by the brand’s in-house coachbuilding division.
It’s interior is something that not even your mind is capable of imagining.
The dashboard comes with a Tourbillon-powered timepiece – because simply telling the time isn’t enough.
Woods are layered and crafted to create the panels around which everything else is placed and shaped.
The seats and the interior are hand-crafted leather with intricate detailing and stitching.
All in all, there are far worse places to be than inside a Rolls-Royce Boat Tail.
What is the exterior of the most expensive street car ever like?
To put it simply, this car a stunning work of beauty and craftsmanship.
The silhouette of the Boat Tail takes direct inspiration from the brand’s designs from the 1910s.
Rolls-Royce designers also took direct inspiration from yachts of the 1920s and 1930s.
That said, it’s still a performance vehicle, as it shares its chassis and engine with its sibling, the Phantom.
However, the Boat Tail also comes with over 1,800 bespoke, custom parts.
If it takes your fancy, a parasol can even be deployed from the rear of the car using a mechanical system.
The rear deck is finished in Caleidolegno veneer, and hinges towards the centre at an angle of 67 degrees, creating a butterfly shape.
How does the four-wheeled Waldorf Astoria perform?
Just because this four-wheeled yacht is the quintessence of luxury, that doesn’t make it a slouch.
On the contrary. As we mentioned, the Boat Tail shares its powertrain with the Phantom.
That amounts to the 6.75-liter, twin-turbocharged V12 that produced 563BHP.
And while the focus is firmly on enjoying the ride, the Boat Tail still offers 0-60 in 5.3 seconds.
That being said, Rolls-Royce didn’t build a yacht-inspired car for it to be the fastest in the range.
They built it to be the car that you don’t want to race, but stare at.
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Keelin McNamara is a content writer at Supercar Blondie from Ireland, covering cars, technology, and lifestyle. Despite being a Law graduate, he discovered his passion for journalism during the COVID-19 pandemic, and has worked in the industry ever since. Outside of work, he is an avid MotoGP fan, and is a self-confessed addict of the sport.
