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Cars / 01/10/2026
Lexus LFA Concept: an electric successor in idea form
Lexus is using the LFA name for an electric concept. Here are the documented details — and the boundary between a concept and a car you can actually buy.
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La Rose Noire: a Rolls-Royce with 1,603 pieces of wood
A rose in dark red, a hand-laid wood pattern and a watch that can be taken out of the dashboard. Droptail is coachbuilt work in its most personal form.
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Bentley Batur: a car shaped around 18 customers
Batur is Mulliner’s coupé in a series of 18. Personalised materials and colours make the car an example of bespoke work in automotive form.
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Cars / 01/10/2026
Amethyst Droptail: when a Rolls-Royce becomes a personal work of art
Four cars, four different stories. The Amethyst Droptail shows what happens when the commissioner has a say in far more than the paint colour.
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