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Year:1999
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Let us consider wealth. Religious books condemn it. Philosophers speak of its temporal nature. And the morally righteous say it's bereft of virtue. To paraphrase a biblical warning, a camel passes through the eye of a needle more easily than a rich man passes through the gates of heaven. So I'm probably going to hell--not because I'm rich, but because I like the idea of being rich. Wealth simply has more appeal than poverty--especially when it comes to cars. Look at my 1999 Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph. Essentially, it is a car in the way a Chevrolet Cavalier is a car. It has four rubber-covered wheels and a steering wheel, an engine, brakes, front and rear lights, seats, all things car. But the Silver Seraph has something no ordinary car will ever have. It has power, power beyond the 322 horsepower produced by its mighty V-12 engine. It has the power to make people step back, render deference, reconsider their approach to you. Consider an experiment I tried here in Orlando, where I drove the Silver Seraph. I pulled up outside of fancy hotels in a Chevrolet Cavalier. Here, I was ignored by doormen, without even asking me if I was checking into the hotel, a doorman waved me away. Enter the Silver Seraph. Same dude. Same blue blazer, white shirt, tie and gray slacks. Same urban brother haircut. Same hotels. But the doormen at both hotels were all over me, couldn't do enough for me. Here, they even smiled in a seemingly genuine fashion. This, of course, seems shallow stuff. But there's more to it, really. My Silver Seraph tour experiences tell me that rich people feel better about themselves because everyone treats them better, including legions of pious folks who look to the rich for charitable donations. It's easy as sin to get accustomed to good treatment, just as it is easy to fall in love with the exquisite craftsmanship of something as beautiful as the Silver Seraph. The car is a streamlined remake of the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud. But streamlined, in this case, does not mean decontented. It's just less fat and less square on the outside than its predecessor. Otherwise, everything is there, along with a number of improvements. Everything includes supple Connolly leather seats, deep plush Wilton carpets, chromed switches, burled walnut-veneer woodwork with intricate inlays; a vaultlike, high-strength steel body shell; a new, super-smooth, electronically controlled five-speed automatic transmission; a double-wishbone independent front and rear suspension system that dampens road and drivetrain vibrations into nothingness; and an engine that moves the car's fully laden weight of 6,065 pounds as effortlessly as if it were moving a feather. I'm well aware, that you can't take any of this with you. But I'm also a disciple of the Rev. Ike. And to paraphrase one of that great spiritual entrepreneur's sayings: You might find happiness in the bye-and-bye, but doing well in the here and now could remove much of the grief from your search. Enter, your new, 1999 Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph Praise: What's not to like about opulence well done? Buy it and enjoy it. There is virtue in happiness, and the Silver Seraph offers happiness aplenty. Ride, acceleration and handling: Superior ride--soft without being at all squishy, firm without embracing brutality. Surprisingly smart acceleration, 0 to 60 mph in 6.9 seconds. And the car can stop just as quickly as it starts, thanks to a four-channel antilock power four-wheel disc brake system. Safety: If a belted occupant dies in a Silver Seraph crash, the crash was unsurvivable. Period. The car is built like a tank and is equipped with every conceivable crash-protection device. Head-turning quotient: "What can I do for you, sir? Can I help you, sir? Fine day, isn't it, sir? Will you be staying with us for business or pleasure, sir? We can make any arrangements you need." Capacities: Seats five people, four in comfort. Fuel tank holds 20.7 gallons of recommended premium unleaded. Holds 13.2 cubic feet of cargo. Mileage: About 16 miles per gallon, combined city and highway. Estimated 315-mile range on usable volume of fuel. Sound system: Designed by Alpine Electronics. Six-CD changer in center console. Excellent. Price: Ahem, Rolls-Royces are "commissioned," not "sold." A basic order on a New Silver Seraph was $214,000.00 I won't tell anyone how affordable this Rolls-Royce is and you can merely let them speculate at the rich and famous who might be riding with you ;-) |
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Mon, Jan 9 2023Most of the carmakers positioned on the industry's upper echelons ended 2021 on a high note, and many posted even better sales figures in 2022. Bugatti and Rolls-Royce independently announced that they set new sales records in 2022 and noted that the future looks bright. Bugatti is one of the smallest car companies so its record might not initially sound impressive: it delivered 80 cars in 2022, which is exactly the number it predicted at the beginning of that year. If that seems like a rounding error, keep in mind that every car it offers is a hand-built, limited-edition model with a price tag pegged well into the six digits. Viewed in that light, making and delivering 80 cars is an impressive feat. That number includes the 400th example of the sold-out Chiron, the last nine units of the Chiron Super Sport 300+, and the 10 planned examples of the Centodieci. Bugatti points out that 80 cars is a record for the Molsheim factory, which was inaugurated in France in 2005. Bugatti has its work cut out for the coming years. It needs to build the final units of the Chiron, the 99 examples of the Mistral (pictured), and the 40 units of the track-only Bolide. All of these cars are sold-out so the firm currently doesn't have a car to sell but that's set to change soon: Bugatti-Rimac CEO Mate Rimac pledged to release more details about Bugatti's future in the second half of 2023, and he added that "Bugatti will honor its rich motorsport heritage and its connection with the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which celebrates its centenary year." Across the English Channel, Rolls-Royce delivered 6,021 cars in 2022, an increase of 8% compared to 2021 and its first annual result above the 6,000-unit mark. The company notes that these cars went to customers in about 50 different countries. Demand for personalized cars was at an all-time high in 2022 and the average selling price of a Rolls-Royce now stands at approximately ˆ500,000 (around $536,000). Rolls-Royce's biggest market remains the United States, where sales increased in 2022, followed by China, where sales posted a single-digit drop due to COVID-related lockdowns and other headwinds blowing across the nation. Sales in Europe increased in 2022 as well in spite of the war in Ukraine; Germany and the United Kingdom are among the nations that posted record sales in 2022. Interestingly, one of Rolls-Royce's largest Asian markets is South Korea, and more Bespoke orders came from the Middle East than from any other region.
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