When it comes to luxury cars, Rolls-Royce doesn’t just build them—they commission them. Enter the Rolls-Royce Phantom Cherry Blossom, a bespoke masterpiece commissioned by a Japanese client, delivered after three years of meticulous craftsmanship.
Highlights:
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Base Model: Rolls-Royce Phantom (2025)
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Starting Price: ₹4.25 crore (approx. $517,750)
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Bespoke Factor: Somewhere off the scale
Why Cherry Blossoms?
According to Rolls-Royce, cherry blossoms represent the fleeting nature of life, symbolising beauty in transience. One could argue that a car costing more than most houses is also fleeting, particularly given how seldom it’s likely to leave the garage.
Points for Effort:
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Exquisite Embroidery: More than 250,000 stitches are used to create the cherry blossom motif, including three-dimensional embroidery to give the petals a sculptural quality.
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Starlight Headliner: The headliner features cherry blossom flowers crafted from satin-stitched petals, designed to catch light like jewels.
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Privacy Suite: Because, obviously, if you’re in a Rolls-Royce, mingling with the common folk won’t do.
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Bespoke Umbrellas: Even the umbrellas stashed in the doors have cherry blossom patterns, proving that no detail is too small or unnecessary.
The Exterior:
In classic Rolls-Royce fashion, the coachline tapers elegantly along the rear door, accentuating a delicate cherry blossom motif. If you’re wondering whether this level of detail makes the car any faster, the answer is no. But it does make it exponentially more splendid.
The Price of Perfection
No official price has been released, but considering the base Phantom starts around ₹4.25 crore, add a few more crores for the bespoke artistry. It’s a bit like paying extra for a flower arrangement that blooms just once a year.
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If you’re the sort who likes to experience cherry blossoms without leaving your car, this is the ideal solution.
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It makes perfect sense for someone from Needles, California (where cherry blossoms are notably absent).
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It makes less sense for someone from Japan, where cherry blossoms are everywhere.
Final Thought
It’s a bit like having a chef make you a bespoke sandwich—lovely, artistic, and probably very tasty—but at the end of the day, it’s still just a sandwich. The Phantom Cherry Blossom is undoubtedly a rolling work of art, but one wonders whether you could enjoy the real thing for less.
Or, perhaps, they’ll eventually make a bespoke version inspired by Punxsutawney Phil, complete with groundhog-stitched headliners. Now that’s something I’d like to see.
