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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDrive into the future with Rolls Royce’s land-yacht of a concept car
The future of luxury cars will be entirely personalized, fully autonomous and exceedingly comfortable at least if Rolls Royce has anything to do with it.
On Thursday, the venerable British automaker, which is now owned by BMW Group BMW, +0.13% , unveiled its first self-driving car, the Vision Next 100 concept car, a spectacularly ornate, futuristic land yacht that wouldnt look out of place in the sci-fi classic Tron.
At nearly 20 feet long and 5 feet tall, the car features a zero-emissions powertrain, glass canopy roof and virtually invisible wheels, which are tucked inside the sleek chassis (Got a flat? The robot will fix it). But its inside where the Vision Next 100 really shines, sporting a silk sofa or as Rolls puts it, a beautifully textured, ivory-coloured luxurious throne upon which our passengers are conveyed deep wool carpet, hand-crafted Madagascar wood paneling and a big-screen TV.
Theres no steering wheel, but you wont need Jeeves to drive you anyway. That will be handled by Eleanor, an artificial-intelligence program can both drive and function as a fully interactive personal assistant.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/drive-into-the-future-with-rolls-royces-land-yacht-of-a-concept-car-2016-06-16
Well, it certainly looks....uhhhh....interesting...
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Drive into the future with Rolls Royce’s land-yacht of a concept car (Original Post)
Zorro
Jun 2016
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NeoGreen
(4,031 posts)1. Form follows function...
....I wonder how well it would do in snow.
To me, it is butt ugly....
leveymg
(36,418 posts)2. The rich still have bad taste. nt
Initech
(100,099 posts)3. James Bond had a much better looking boat car.
JI7
(89,262 posts)4. what does inside look like ?
ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)5. That's fugly. nt
Cirque du So-What
(25,965 posts)6. I gotta better name
Ostentatiomobile.
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)7. Looks like it wouldn't do well with speed bumps or potholes... n/t