Rolls-Royce Motor Cars opens The Icon Tour in Singapore yesterday for invited guests and today to registered visitors. The first touring exhibition makes its first stop here before heading to Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul. This interactive exhibition celebrates the brand’s contemporary, super-luxury status and brings together a showcase of its latest cars, bespoke samples and lifestyle accessories.
We were awed by the Ghost V-Specification, Wraith and Phantom Series II automobiles. It was a display of luxury and expansive driving machines.
The Ghost V-Specification, with a 6.6 litre Rolls-Royce V12 engine, is being presented in Singapore for the first time. The engine lets you accelerate from 0 to 100km/hour in just 4.9 seconds with 80% of power available from idle.
Wraith is the most contemporary Rolls-Royce model with a two door fastback and the Phantom Series II is a family of ultra-luxurious cars that have been thoughtfully updated with the introduction of cutting-edge technologies and enhancements.
Besides the cars, the exhibition also showcases its bespoke craftsmanship and lifestyle accessories. There were also hands-on areas where craftsmen demonstrated the skills to guests. Painter Mark Court has painted coachlines for over 2,000 Rolls-Royce cars and was in Singapore together with Andrew Monachan who has close to 30 years of experience in the automotive industry with the last 12 years at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars..
Fernando Botero’s recognisable art pieces as well as Xie Ai Ge’s sculptures were also on display at the Flower Dome function room at Gardens By The Bay which is currently exhibiting Tulips in Tulipmania 2014.
Travel and lifestyle accessories such as leather bags, wallets, cufflinks, pens, mousemats and scale models of motor cars were available for sale for the first time to the public.
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars celebrates 110 years of heritage from 1904 when it was formed following the historic meeting of Charles Stewart Rolls and Henry Royce in Manchester, England on 4 May. Rolls-Royce continues to present with pride the very best of motor cars in the world. Just last year, 3,630 cars were delivered to customers.
