Rolls-Royce unveiled the first in its history, “completely fantastic” concept car.
Rolls-Royce for a special event in London presented its first unmanned concept car called the Vision of the Next 100. The prototype was created in honor of the centennial anniversary of the BMW Group and is intended to demonstrate the development of the model range of the brand in the future. All Rolls-Royce plans to introduce four prototype cars of the future”, the press service of the company.
According to the developers, Vision Next 100 – a fully Autonomous vehicle. Technical characteristics of the concept are not disclosed. However, in the future, the company plans to abandon the current 12-cylinder engine. In a press-service of Rolls-Royce said that in the future, the chassis of each car will be assembled manually from the “cutting-edge materials and equipped with power units with zero emissions.”
The car’s interior panelling, handmade of ebony, which start from the door frame wide OLED display, a second passenger seat and near the end of the sofa, trimmed with silk. When the display turns off, the panels form with it a single surface. While the prototype is missing the steering wheel and the cockpit. Wide OLED screen displays all the necessary information about the trip and the meetings, and the screen can be used for watching movies.
The car has received exterior classic Rolls-Royce. Overall dimensions of the prototype correspond to the Phantom Extended Wheelbase is 5.9 m in length and 1.6 m in width. Figurine Spirit of Ecstasy on the hood increased in size, and the vertical grille of a red RR logo — the symbol of an experimental model. The novelty is equipped with laser optics and glass roof.
All the space under the hood, where previously housed the engine, turned into the Luggage compartment. The car body is made of light materials. The concept is equipped with 28-inch wheels, each of which is handcrafted 65 aluminum parts.
