The most demanding car we’ve ever made, says Rolls-Royce about the unique Phantom Syntopia – News

Rolls-Royce is clinging to its roots and focusing more and more on its Bespoke department. The new Phantom Syntopia car is created in collaboration with renowned Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen.

After four years of development, the creation is complete and will soon take its place in the private collection of the brand’s fans.

“For this unique collaboration, I was inspired by the concept of ‘woven water’ and modified the interior of the car in such a way that the feeling you experience while moving turns into an immersive experience of fluidity.” I wanted the supremely modern elements to be enhanced by the power of nature. The dominant movement of the car is woven into the moving three-dimensional waves inside the car and thus embodies the ingenuity of nature,” describes Iris van Herpenová.

The exterior is unique. The bodywork is decorated with a unique dark Liquid Noir paint. The latter reveals purple, blue, magenta and gold iridescent undertones in sunlight when viewed from different angles.

The automaker says that to achieve this effect, the darkest solid black color is covered with a surface treatment containing a mirror pigment, chosen for its changing color. To add a subtle, elegant shimmer, the team developed an entirely new technique to apply the pigment to the clear lacquer – a process that reportedly took several months, including more than 3,000 hours of testing and verification alone.

A closer look shows the rendering of the “woven water” motif on the hood of the car, which permeates the entire interior. This effect was created by carefully redistributing the dye during the finishing process.

The interior of the limousine is what matters here. Upon opening the reverse doors, the starry sky of the Starlight Headliner with a “woven water” theme immediately catches the eye. It is said to be the most technically demanding version of this signature Rolls-Royce feature ever produced. It was created from a single piece of high-quality leather selected from more than 1000 samples.

Cuts on the underside reveal a silver ‘liquid metal’ texture, made from the nylon fabric used in Iris van Herpen’s ‘Embossed Sounds’ collection, giving the ceiling paneling a three-dimensional style. The surface is finished with 162 delicate petals made of sparkling organza, which were installed by Iris van Herpen’s collaborators right at Goodwood over almost 300 hours.

In addition, 187 of the 995 glowing fiber optic “stars” were installed by hand along the artwork. They light up gradually from the back to the front, which creates a feeling of movement. The ceiling paneling alone took a total of almost 700 hours of work by the entire team.

The “woven water” theme continues in the artistic design of the dash panel covering its entire width. It includes an additional 85 petals that were hand-embedded during nearly 60 hours of painstaking work.

The car even has its own fragrance created by leading perfumers. A specially developed scent dispersing mechanism is located in the headrests. The patented technology includes innovative materials originally used in the field of medicine and ensures the release of perfume in fine doses. This development process also took more than two years.

“Phantom Syntopia is the most ambitious, unique and highly customized Phantom unmatched in the Bespoke program. It is the culmination of two decades of collaborative activities with leading designers, artists, watchmakers and jewelers from around the world, and at the same time a great example of how the Phantom can be used as the perfect blank canvas for the Bespoke program,” added Torsten Müller-Ötvös, CEO of Rolls -Royce Motor Cars.