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Meet the 1 million-stitch Rolls-Royce 'Rose Phantom'

Eileen Falkenberg-Hull
Dec 12, 2019, 11:58 am

A new bespoke creation from the Rolls-Royce team features a flower motif.

Photo courtesy of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars

A Stockholm-based entrepreneur with an affinity for flowers has commissioned a new Rolls-Royce Phantom. When he ordered the car, he challenged Rolls-Royce Bespoke Collective, the company's high-level customization team, to envision a car that wrapped its occupants in a floral scene.

The result is a new Phantom with one million embroidered stitches.

2019 Rolls-Royce Phantom Rose embroidery interior The embroidery encompasses the entire cabin.Photo courtesy of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars

"The Rose Phantom is a stunning iteration of a contemporary Rolls-Royce," said Torsten Müller Ötvös, Chief Executive, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. "Our extraordinary craftspeople at the Home of Rolls-Royce have achieved, with this car, something which can only be described as sublime. The work of our Bespoke Collective is the best in the world. When I look at creations like this car, it is with a sense of pride that I know that these skills could not be replicated anywhere else in the world. This is undoubtedly one of the greatest Rolls-Royce Phantoms of its generation."

Ieuan Hatherall, one of the Bespoke Designers on the Rolls-Royce team, took inspiration for the design from the rose garden at the Home of Rolls-Royce in Goodwood, West Sussex. It is in that garden that a special breed of flower, the Phantom Rose, is exclusively grown. It was bred exclusively for Rolls-Royce by British Rose Breeder Philip Harkness of Harkness Roses.

2019 Rolls-Royce Phantom Rose embroidery interior The owner's family chose the exterior paint color of the sedan.Photo courtesy of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars

"There is a transcendent beauty when a rose garden is in full bloom," Hatherall said, "The patron wanted to create that same feeling of awe; an abundance of flowers to lift the spirit and celebrate nature's decadent beauty, in the Rose Phantom's serene interior."

The exterior of the new Rose Phantom car is covered in a Peacock Blue paint job. It features a Charles Blue twinned-coachline designed to intertwine like the stem of a rose. The wheels are the same color as the pinstripe.

2019 Rolls-Royce Phantom Rose embroidery interior The flowers on the car's interior were inspired by the garden at Goodwood.Photo courtesy of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars

Inside the model is the one-million stitch embroidery. Starting with the inside of the rear doors and opening up to engulf the cabin in the stitched mastery of a season in full bloom. The Phantom Roses depicted appear in various stages from bud to bloom, in an asymmetrical design that appears to naturally grow across the roof lining. The roses are interspersed with the individual fiber-optic lights of the car's headliner.

2019 Rolls-Royce Phantom Rose embroidery interior At the patron's request, butterflies were added to the design.Photo courtesy of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars

Charles Blue leather fills the interior and is accented with Peacock Blue piping. Stems of embroidered roses fill the Phantom's Gallery, climbing through the element's glass-fronted fascia.

In addition to the flowers, Peacock and Adonis Blue butterflies were added to the motif.

2019 Rolls-Royce Phantom Rose embroidery interior Embroidered flowers and butterflies surround the driver and passengers.Photo courtesy of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars

While the car was inspired by nature, it was designed to haul around a family, who also played an integral role in its design. The patron has a wife and two children. His daughter Magnolia chose the exterior color of the car while his wife designed the Rolls-Royce's umbrella.

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New Focal headphones, Naim wireless speaker replicate Bentley's high-quality in-car sound

Two new lifestyle products carry the Bentley name and deliver in-car audio experiences to out-the-vehicle time.

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A long-standing collaboration has resulted in two new audio system products. A Naim for Bentley Mu-so Special Edition wireless speaker for the home and the new Focal for Bentley Radiance headphones bring the high-quality sound of a Bentley vehicle audio system outside the vehicle.

"Bentley and Naim are celebrating the 12th year of a successful partnership founded on unrivalled quality and a passion to create the ultimate customer experience. The world's most powerful in-car sound system available in the market heightens Bentley's extraordinary drive with music that speaks to the heart. The new Mu-so system extends that experience and enjoyment from our cars to the home, delivering peerless sound performance and enhancing the lifestyle of Bentley's discerning customers," said Chris Craft, Bentley Member of the Board for Sales and Marketing.

Bentley Naim Focal audio The headphones will set you back £1,199 .Photo courtesy of Bentley Motors

Both products are distinctively Bentley in style and feature interior and exterior styling aspects of a number of Bentley vehicles including the Bentley Mulliner Bacalar and EXP 100 GT. The products both have a recurring lattice pattern that is inspired by the diamond shapes of Bentley's seat quilting.

Bentley Motors and Naim Audio have been associated since 2008. Their teams work together to optimize vehicle and audio system design to deliver a high-quality experience for owners. The new Radiance headphones are the debut collaboration between Bentley and Focal.

"Bentley, Naim and Focal share an enthusiasm for innovation, dedication to engineering excellence and a true passion that drives our respective areas of expertise. There is also a collective desire to honour proudly held heritage principles, blending them with cutting-edge technologies to define new benchmarks in premium performance and customer experience," says Charlie Henderson, Managing Director of Naim Audio.

Bentley Naim Focal audio The subtle speaker design has design characteristics that are synonymous with the Bentley brand.Photo courtesy of Bentley Motors

The Naim for Bentley Mu-so Special Edition can be pre-ordered now via shop.bentleymotors.com for £1,799 the Focal for Bentley Radiance headphones can be pre-ordered for £1,199. Orders for both are expected to be fulfilled in the second-half of October.

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2021 Mazda CX-5 gets infotainment screen upgrade, $80 base price jump

The 2021 Mazda CX-5 arrives at dealerships later this year.

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Mazda has revealed the details of the 2021 Mazda CX-5. The two-row SUV will have a new 10.25-inch infotainment touch screen front and center on the dashboard and a new Carbon Edition grade offering. It will start at $2,5270, $80 higher than it did in 2020.

The CX-5, which is one of the best-selling SUVs in the U.S. and Mazda's top-performing U.S. model, comes with a long list of standard features, including that screen. The roster includes Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, a Wi-Fi hot spot, Mazda Connected Services (with a free three-year trial), a leather-wrapped steering wheel and shift knob, Bluetooth, two front USB ports, push-button start, keyless entry, rearview camera, cloth seats, automatic on/off LED headlights, 17-inch gray metallic aluminum alloy wheels, roof spoiler, and rain-sensing wipers.

2021 Mazda CX-5 Mazda's top-tier CX-5 Signature trim offers premium level appointments.Photo courtesy of Mazda North American Operations

Mazda equips its base model CX-5 ($25,270) with a naturally aspirated 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine that delivers 187 horsepower and 186 pound-feet of torque. The engine is paired with a six-speed automatic transmission. Front-wheel drive (FWD) is standard and all-wheel drive (AWD) is available (starting at $26,670). Mazda gives each model manual and Sport drive modes.

The CX-5 is equipped with a standard suite of driver assist and safety technology including Advanced Smart City Brake Support with pedestrian detection, Smart Brake Support, lane departure warning with lane keep assist, and blind spot monitoring with rear cross-traffic alert. Automatic high beams are also standard.

Upgrading to the CX-5 Touring ($27,010 for FWD, $28,410 for AWD) adds heated driver and front passenger seats, leatherette seats with Lux Suede inserts and dual-zone automatic climate control. There's also added air conditioning vents for rear passengers, a center armrest, and two additional USB ports. Mazda Advancned Keyless Entry, rear privacy glass, a six-speaker sound system, and auto-leveling LED headlights are standard in this trim level.

Buyers can add the new Touring Preferred SV Package ($1,445) to their CX-5 Touring to elevate the features list. This package upgrades to the Bose 10-speaker audio system, leather seats, power liftgate, power moonroof, auto-dimming rearview mirror with Homelink, six-way power passenger seat, and eight-way power driver's seat with lumbar support and memory positioning.

Like other 2021 Mazda models, the company is offering the CX-5 in a Carbon Edition trim level ($28,855 for FWD, $30,255 for AWD). It builds off the CX-5 Touring with Touring Preferred SV Package and adds Polymetal Gray exterior paint, gloss black door mirrors, and 19-inch black metallic aluminum alloy wheels. The CX-5 Carbon Edition's interior has red leather seats and black honeycomb interior trimming on the dash and door panels. The leather-wrapped steering wheel and shift knob add red stitching.

Buyers can get the Carbon Edition model with the standard powertrain or a turbocharged 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine that delivers 250 horsepower and 320 pound-feet of torque. Models with the higher output engine will be designated by a CX-5 Carbon Edition Turbo badge and start at $30,660 for FWD and $32,060 for AWD.

One step further up is the CX-5 Grand Touring ($30,460 for FWD, $31,860 for AWD), which adds the Bose 10-speaker audio system, leather seats, power moonroof, paddle shifters on the steering wheel, seven-inch TFT reconfigurable digital gauge display, auto-dimming rearview mirror with Homelink and satellite radio with three-month trial subscription to its standard features list. Also, the exterior gets a power liftgate, LED taillights, fog and daytime running lights, adaptive front lighting system, dual heated door mirrors, and 19-inch brilliant silver aluminum alloy wheels. The CX-5 Grand Touring is only equipped with the naturally aspirated 2.5-liter engine.

The CX-5 Grand Touring Reserve ($35,285) gets Mazda's turbo-four and standard all-wheel drive. It has a head-up display and is aviaalbe with traffic sign recognition technology and navigation. Ventilated front seats, heated rear seats, heated steering wheel, automatic folding door mirrors, and windshield wiper de-icer come standard along with the features of the CX-5 Grand Touring.

The top-tier CX-5 Signature ($37,405) builds on the Grand Touring grade and adds Smart City Brake Support Reverse and Driver Attention Alert. The 360° View Monitor with front and rear parking sensors has been updated to have high-definition digital clarity. The CX-5 comes standard with navigation and Traffic Sign Recognition. A SiriusXM three-year traffic and travel link subscription is provided. The car comes with Caturra Brown Nappa leather seats, genuine layered wood trimming, frameless auto-dimming rearview mirror with Homelink, ambient LED interior lighting, 19-inch dark silver aluminum alloy wheels, black headliner, and Signature trim badge.

Some Mazda paint colors carry an additional fee. Soul Red Crystal Metallic adds $595 to the cost of the vehicle while Machine Gray Metallic and Snowflake White Pearl Mica add $495 and $395, respectively.

The 2021 Mazda CX-5 arrives at dealerships later this year.

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