{"id":2779,"date":"2016-06-30T19:30:54","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T19:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leithcars.com\/blogs\/1421\/?p=2779"},"modified":"2016-06-30T19:30:54","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T19:30:54","slug":"rolls-royces-future-concept-vehicle-wont-require-chauffer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/?p=2779","title":{"rendered":"Rolls-Royce\u2019s VISION NEXT 100 Concept Won\u2019t Require a Chauffer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Somewhere above the 10th<\/sup> floor of BMW\u2019s Munich headquarters, a corporate vision building meeting sprouted the idea of BMW Vision Next 100 \u2013 a project that asked BMW, BMW Motorrad, Mini, and Rolls-Royce designers to tackle a unique problem: what will their cars look like in 100 years?<\/p>\n

We feel bad for those designers. What they created is unquestionably a beautiful and exciting concept, but almost every \u201cfuture concept\u201d vehicle fails to capture what the future will actually look like. Take the Ford X-2000 for example.<\/p>\n

So, with the caveat that Rolls-Royces probably won\u2019t look anything like this in the year 2116, we give you the Rolls-Royce VISION NEXT 100.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Rolls-Royce of the Future<\/strong><\/h3>\n

It\u2019s official, the future of luxury will be driverless \u2013 but not chauffer-less. The Rolls-Royce VISION NEXT 100 will feature a computerized chauffer that will cater to every need of its owner \u2013 apart from being a shoulder to cry on, or wearing one of those cool hats.<\/p>\n

Inside the VISION NEXT 100 you\u2019ll find a couch. It\u2019s a really nice couch, though. We bet it\u2019s made of the softest synthetic fabric of the future, with nano-technology cushions that can identify and make chiropractic adjustments at the drop of a hat.<\/p>\n

Customizable Rolls-Royce<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Perhaps the most exciting vison for Rolls-Royce\u2019s future, is the ability to customize the shape of your vehicle. Of course, Rolls-Royce designers will have to approve of whatever their customers dream up. Otherwise, you\u2019d have solid gold Oscar Meyer weenie-trucks rolling around sporting the spirit of ecstasy.<\/p>\n

Personally, we\u2019re holding out hope that a Rolls-Royce of the future will achieve thrust via anti-gravity. Forget rolling around on wheels \u2013 we\u2019re ready to fly like Back to the Future promised we would. 100 years should be enough time, right?<\/p>\n

This concept car is probably more like 25 or 30 years away. Autonomous cars already roam our streets, and we\u2019d be willing to bet there are plenty of Rolls-Royce buyers who would prefer a driverless experience. We\u2019ll have to see what happens, but if all we\u2019ve done in 100 years is add a couch, remove the driver, and put Microsoft\u2019s Watson in charge of navigating, we\u2019ll be surprised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Somewhere above the 10th floor of BMW\u2019s Munich headquarters, a corporate vision building meeting sprouted the idea of BMW Vision Next 100 \u2013 a project that asked BMW, BMW Motorrad, Mini, and Rolls-Royce designers to tackle a unique problem: what will their cars look like in 100 years?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[399],"class_list":["post-2779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-rolls-royce"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2779\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}