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 What does set a Rolls-Royce apart from everyday products that are mass produced cheaply for use by a “throw-away society” is the fact that certainly there is no “built-in obsolescence”. It is just the opposite that any Rolls-Royce is a creation of carefully selected materials having been perfectly well combined in meticulous craftsmanship to achieve a result that will last and give pleasure over a considerable period of time. This, of course, is only possible with a staff who is entirely dedicated to comply with such a company philosophy.
The
standard of production of modern motor cars during the 80ies had been to
produce a great quantity at great speed, more and more introducing
computer-controlled precision tools and acting such get as a result a
certain quality standard. At Rolls-Royce however pure efficiency was not
ranking top of the list; their attempt was to painstakingly assemble a motor
car that satisfied the most discerning clients' needs. But one example is
this Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit that is perfectly well made down to the
finest detail – and this obviously is a modern and complex motor car. This
one was even subject to some improvement and for such it was returned to the
factory quite some time after having originally been delivered. The owner
decided he wouldn’t like to part with the car he was familiar with although
he had come to the conclusion that it could be made even more perfect to
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The stock of drinks on board however was in no way limited to what the volume of the modified rear armrest offered. In addition a centre console was fitted that did part the room in front of the rear seat and stored there were a few more bottles plus a set of cut-crystal glasses. Built into the area between the front seats was a refrigerated compartment, sufficiently dimensioned to take beside bottles of champagne two champagne flutes so that these were chilled to exactly the desired temperature.
As mentioned at the start, a Rolls-Royce is set apart from mass-produced everyday products.
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Rolls-Royce’
reaction to their customer’s enquiry was their standard attitude: “The
answer is YES! What is, please, your question?” and then the company’s
coachbuilt division started to fit a board bar as it was such unit that had
been considered by the owner to be the missing item that hindered him to
believe his car was perfectly complete. The rear armrest was transformed and
several storage cabinets – each one covered in leather matching perfectly
well what had been used for the car’s interior trim – to stow some supply of
drinks (and certainly the quantity was “sufficient”) were combined with a
accommodation for a second mobile phone in addition to the one fitted
between the car’s front seats. Thus even for the rather unlikely situation
that there might occur a necessity to order additional supply there was an
appropriate solution.
