The world’s most expensive hotel, Macao’s The 13 boasts of two bespoke gold-infused Rolls Royce Phantoms, to be on offer for use by VIPs and most distinguished guests from among the already dripping rich list of the hotel’s select guests. The defining feature of the cars is an exterior finish that dazzles with fine particles of 23.75 carat gold, a weight chosen for even disbursement, achieving a perfectly executed finish. The resultant paint job is the most expensive and meticulously engineered paint the marque has ever produced. Vitreous enamel has been used to create the RR emblem and is surrounded by 336 pavé set brilliant-cut diamonds. A golden twin coachline is hand-painted by Mark Court, Rolls-Royce’s resident expert coachline painter, using a fine squirrel hair paintbrush. The Spirit of Ecstasy up front is 24-karat gold-plated, the grille is gold-colored, the Rolls-Royce badge is gold, and hand-painted gold details scattered around the cars, with gold-trimmed umbrellas in the doors, personalized with a gold handle and a golden trim to match the color themes of the hotel. Gold tread plates engraved with ‘PHANTOM Specially Commissioned by Stephen Hung’ adorn the cars. At the time of commissioning, these were the most expensive Phantoms to be built by the uber luxe carmaker.
