Rolls-Royce officially kicks off revived coachbuilding business with a spectacular convertible
Damien O'Carroll09:47, May 28 2021 SUPPLIED Rolls-Royce has relaunched a coachbuilding business and has revealed the spectacular Boat Tail as its first effort. According to Rolls-Royce, coachbuilding is “the art and science of creating bespoke bodywork on a pre-assembled chassis” and it is one of the ways the company originally established itself, building its own chassis and engines, but leaving the bodies to specialist coachbuilders. In the early days of the car, manufacturers generally produced only the mechanical components: a ‘rolling chassis’ was sent to specialist coachbuilder...