Instant Alert: Rolls-Royce has some pretty outrageous ways to customize your car

MANAGE SUBSCRIPTIONS   |   UNSUBSCRIBE   |   VIEW ONLINE   Rolls-Royce has some pretty outrageous ways to customize your car by Business Insider on Oct 30, 2015, 3:28 PM Advertisement Beyond engineering excellence, one key strength of Rolls-Royce is customization. In previous years, a whopping 84% of Phantom customers commissioned their cars with some sort of bespoke design, for example. Customers' ideas can get pretty wild. The luxury brand notes that "no request is left unexplored." Its team of designers has matched leather colors to customer lipstick, sourced wood from a tree on a buyer's estate, and found ways to pack elaborate picnic sets and wine glasses into their cars. From the unexpected demands of wealthy buyers to the special edition cars it makes to mark special occasions, here are some of the most outrageous ways you can have your Rolls made just for you. [An earlier version of this article was written by Alex Davies.] One wealthy customer wanted a thermos installed in the door. Rolls-Royce had to build a special door just to crash test the design, then build another for the buyer. Another customer commissioned this hand-crafted picnic set. Bespoke designers had to devise a way to store wine glasses in the trunk and make sure they wouldn't break while on the road. See the rest of the story at Business Insider   Share the latest business news with your network: Email sent to:   |   Manage your email preferences   |   Unsubscribe Terms of Service   |   Privacy Policy Business Insider. 150 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011