This Rolls Royce is a Masterclass in Elegance – It’s Also the World’s Most Expensive New Car

There are luxury cars, then there are handbuilt, one-off works of art. Bespoke.

The Rolls Royce Arcadia Droptail is clearly the latter, a super-exclusive, highly specialized coachbuild, and it happens to be the most expensive new car in the world.

At $31 million dollar, the Arcadia Droptail is absurdly expensive. It also happens to be absurdly beautiful, with a handcrafted exterior and interior that make it a true work of art.

With a build that took over 5 months, and intricately inlaid wood, crystal, and leather, this Rolls Royce may be outrageously expensive. However the level of quality, precision, custom elements, and exclusivity seem to justify the eye watering price.

The rear-hinged doors provide a wide entrance, and are completely automatic, of course.

“The yacht-like wooden rear deck, comprised of 76 hand-applied pieces, is laid at a perfect 55-degree angle. And given that the car will be driven internationally in tropical climates, Rolls-Royce spent over 1,000 hours just testing the wood’s lacquer before settling on a single protective coat that will never need to be reapplied.

The inside features a version of the exterior’s bespoke white hue and a contrasting tan color designed to complement the Santos Straight Grain wood that also makes up Arcadia’s 40-piece shawl panel—the longest continuous wood section ever featured in a Rolls-Royce. Each piece was digitally mapped using CAD tools and laid, like the rear deck, at a perfect 55-degree angle.”

1 of 1, this hand built Droptail is meant as the ultimate collector’s car.

We’re particularly fond of the side profile, which is long but also expressive.

The rear deck of the Droptail is where much of the handbuilt work took place, inlaying the wood grain perfectly. Santos straight grain mahogany is the wood of choice.