The Rolls Royce Black Badge Wraith

Inside the Black Badge Wraith. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars CEO Torsten Müller-Ötvös describes the Black Badge Ghost and Wraith models of the super-luxury brand “as the alter ego of Rolls-Royce; darker, more assertive, more confident and powerful, and more demanding”.

Inside the Black Badge Wraith

The Rolls Royce Black Badge Ghost

Inside the Rolls Royce Black Badge Ghost edition. The Black Badge cabin offers a darker interpretation of luxury. The centrepiece of the cabin is an aerospace-grade aluminium-threaded carbon fibre composite surfacing – material often seen on the surfaces of stealth aircraft. To create this material, threads of aircraft grade aluminium – 0.014 mm in diameter – are woven together before being bonded with carbon fibre.

Inside the Rolls Royce Black Badge Ghost edition

Inside the Rolls Royce Black Badge Ghost edition

Morgan’s EV3 is a three-wheel electric vehicle, weighing less than 500 kg, with a range of 240 km. It takes about nine seconds to reach 100 km/h. The vehicle takes its inspiration from 1930s aeroengine ace cars, classic motorcycles and 1950s fantasy automatons. The UK’s Morgan Motor Company builds cars by hand from ash wood, aluminium and leather. There are Morgan dealers in Gauteng and the Eastern Cape.

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Maserati unveiled the first sports-utility vehicle in its hundred-year history at Geneva: the Levante. As with many Maseratis from the past, the new car’s name is inspired by a wind: the Levante is a warm Mediterranean wind that can change from a light breeze to a natural force in an instant. Market launch is planned for this spring in Europe, to be followed by the rest of the world.

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