Poetry in motion: Personalised supercars that are a class apart

Rolls-Royce La Rose Noire Droptail Rolls-Royce is known for customising its cars — but this one, from its Coachbuilt division, takes it to a whole new level. The primary palette of the car — a coupé that transforms to an open-top roadster — is dark pomegranate and shimmery black, inspired by the Black Baccara rose found in France. The car cocoons its occupants within parquetry depicting an abstract expression of falling rose petals, formed using 1,603 pieces of black wood veneer triangles. The car, the first of a reported four pieces, also features a matching Champagne Chest and comes with a wearable Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept timepiece. Bugatti Mistral Yes, Bugatti builds fast cars. But nothing quite prepared the world for the Mistral, a roadster version of the immensely capable Chiron, with a highest-recorded top speed of 453.91 km/hr. Powered by the iconic W16 engine, its design cues are a homage to some of the carmaker’s iconic models over the years. The Mistral, only 99 of which were made, features bespoke handcrafted interiors of leather, aluminium, and titanium. And the gear lever, machined from a single block of aluminium, is the ‘Dancing Elephant’ motif — which adorned the bonnet of the legendary Bugatti Type 41 Royale. Pagani Huayra Imola Roadster This track-focussed, street-legal hypercar, limited to just eight units, brings together the Huayra Roadster BC’s tech chops with the design aesthetic and aerodynamic principles of the Huayra R track car. The car is powered by a V12 engine and carbon-titanium construction, while the interiors feature carbo-wood, finely embossed leather and a seven-channel audio system. The car is a product of the Grandi Complicazioni division, which offers infinite customisations in terms of colours, finishes, and materials. A caveat: these cars aren’t street-legal in India. Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+ If you’re consumed by the need for speed, check this one out. A prototype of this car breached the 300 miles (490 km)/hr-mark, but the top speed on the 30 street-legal units produced is electronically limited to 440 km/hr. A beast in terms of straight-line performance, a modified version of Bugatti’s iconic 8.0-litre W16 engine produces 1,600 PS. Its streamlined bodywork is crafted out of jet-black carbon fibre, complemented by a Jet Orange racing stripe running through the centre. The Bugatti “Macaron” logo — made of silver and black enamel — is a definite showstopper. Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut Imagine building a supercar designed to just break all production car speed records. Koenigsegg has done just that with the limited-run Jesko Absolut. Its sleek aerodynamic shape — with a focus on minimal drag and maximum high-speed stability — is like that of a “land-based fighter jet” the company says, explaining that it is inspired by the aircraft. The 5-litre twin-turbo V8 engine, with nine forward gears, is the most powerful one from Koenigsegg’s stable, delivering an estimated top speed of more than 500 km/hr. Gear shifts on the Light Speed Transmission (LST) can occur in virtually zero time — when changing between any forward gears! Aston Martin Valkyrie Spider A Formula 1 car with parking sensors, and a removable roof, which is street-legal — this, in a nutshell, is what the Valkyrie Spider, limited to 85 units, is all about. The V12 engine helps achieve a max speed of 330 km/hr with the roof off and 350 km/hr with the roof on. The bespoke, removable lightweight roof comprises of a carbon fibre central panel, latching onto the tub at the rear and to the windscreen surround at the front, along with a pair of polycarbonate roof windows, hinged on either side. The front-hinged dihedral butterfly doors open to reveal a teardrop-shaped cockpit. Ferrari SF90 XX Stradale Ferrari’s Special Version cars — such as the 488 Pista and the 812 Competizione — push performance on its production models to extremes. The carmaker’s ‘XX Programme’, meanwhile, offers a select group of client drivers extreme cars like the FXX-K EVO — that are not homologated for the road — to drive to the limit on the track. Ferrari has drawn on both these lines to create the SF90 XX Stradale, which is effectively a road-legal XX. With its fixed rear wing, the hybrid car features a long tail silhouette, in a nod to its race car chops, with the headlights integrated into its arrow-shaped front wing. The electric mode offers a top speed of 135 km/hr.

Poetry in motion: Personalised supercars that are a class apart

Rolls-Royce La Rose Noire Droptail

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