ex. 2) Rolls-Royce CCCP Edition

By Gunnar Heinrich | IMG by Drew Phillips – © Autoblog

HENRY ROYCE would probably object.

There’s something so decidedly un-Rolls about the sight of a Phantom Drophead Coupé trimmed with Soviet hammer and sickle along with a Bolshevik-meets-Barbie-red finish that would boil the blood of any upper crusty monarchist who’d have counted as Sir Henry’s principle clientèle.

But then again, the eponymous co-founder of the world’s more prestigious automotive marque and the man who reportedly coined the expression, “the best or nothing,” likely wouldn’t have approved of John Lennon’s psychodelic Silver Cloud III, either.

Ah well, such is the overwhelming nouveau richesse of this oil driven economy and the true flash nature of the Gumball 3000 that it’s hard to protest loudly.

Besides, it’s an interesting paint/wrap job.

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