Las Vegas? There’s a limo/taxi operator there that at least at one point in the early 2010s had a gold wrapped Rolls-Royce and an entire fleet of gold wrapped Priuses.
I know that I will be in the minority, BUT this is what OTT excessive luxury on the GRAND scale is all about. 1958 GM cars were often called OVER CHROMED and I loved them. This goes well beyond that and I absolutely love ❤ it. Always believe too much is NOT enough!Devine Decadence!🏆 👑 🏆 👑 🏆. Hope to see more like this 🙏. 😎
In Vegas, I could definitely see a gold ROLLS-ROYCE! 👍. But can’t imagine anyone spending money on a Prius, let alone gold plating it! 🤔. Just my opinion 😉. Anyone remember 1955? Judy Holiday film THE SOLID GOLD CADILLAC? I was just a kid but that car(seen only at the end of the film) sure got my attention!
You wouldn’t be spending money on the Prius with intent, you’d be street-hailing a cab and it would be what pulls up. And the gold-tone wrap probably wouldn’t cost the fleet operator much more than what a standard-color one does and possibly less than a custom pattern.
I realize that Prius has been popular. With all sincerity, Frankly I Don’t care. I am an old school buy American 🇺🇸 person. Also like my cars BIG, roomy and comfortable. Unfortunately it’s impossible to find my kind of car🚘 currently being manufactured. So I will drive my low mileage Lincoln Town Car Signature Limited until I can no longer drive or find parts. Bought the car 2 years ago for $8,000 and have put less than $1,000 into it. Wherever I go, it gets a lot of attention. For me this is an economical way to drive a car that I LOVE ❤.🏆. 👍 😎
Could that be Hong Kong?
The wheels and fender vent ruin it.
In the 70s, Avon or someone similar sold cologne in gold glass bottles shaped like a late 30s Cadillac. I saved one for decades but don’t know where it got to.
Why is it that if a car is bright silver with bright silver wheels it’s fine. If it’s black with black wheels it’s fine. But if it’s gold with gold wheels or overly shiny and reflective it’s not fine (to some)?
Neutral colors, color keyed wheels with loud colors is pretty tacky, Muscle cars with the high impact colors with the dog dish/color keyed wheels aren’t much better, but at least a sublime green Cuda isn’t a blinding mirror finish
I wasn’t making a statement about me liking it or not, more an observation that it’s curious how a particular hue on something will elicit wildly different reactions than a different hue on the exact same base. A different culture may see it very differently in the aggregate but of course individuals will likely diverge there as well.
I’m 100% sure it’s not Las Vegas, speaking as a resident. The architecture is all wrong. In the background, there’s a blue sign with a traffic arrow, that’s not a sort I’ve ever seen in the US. There’s a white van with a raised roof in the background that I initially thought was a Dodge B-series with a roof conversion, but I’m pretty sure the windows are wrong.
But I think I’m more appalled by the pink Porsche, possibly a 911, whose nose is peeking out from behind a pillar.
Back when the Grey Poupon ad was popular, I drove an Austin Princess with the limousine body by Vanden Plas. 99% of Americans think the Princess is a Rolls-Royce.
When we would be asked the Grey Poupon question, we would hold up a yellow plastic squeeze bottle and say “Nah, we use French’s Mustard”!
Love ❤ it! My late brother had a 62 Silver Cloud. Beautiful automobile! A local business man drove a Bentley, afraid people would think he was putting on airs if he drove a ROLLS-ROYCE. Go figure! So happy someone picked up on Grey Poupon! 😉 🚘.You made my day! 👍😎
Soft Cell, the band that brought us Tainted Love in the 1980s (I understand it’s a cover version of a much earlier song), also released Sex Dwarf, mentioning several times a gold Rolls.
Reading the lyrics, the songwriter didn’t think too much of his chauffeur.
This is almost certainly not Hong Kong as the Rolls is LHD and the traffic seems to be on the right, in the background. Though I’ve seen more Rolls in HK than in London. Note also the pink Porsche hiding in the back.
Did a Google image search and there are about half a dozen of these—one in India, another in Ireland—both in use as taxis, as well as one in Monte Carlo, another in Sirmione, Italy, one in London and another in National City, California (suburban San Diego).
Looks like Euro plates on the nose of the pink Porsche and the other cars fit with Europe more than Asia.
If you actually look at the signs, they are in Chinese. Last time I was in Europe, I had not noticed any wholesale adoption of Chinese characters for signage.
So you think there aren’t any 911s in China? Especially pink ones?
Paul, your eyes must be far better than mine. On a 27-inch monitor, the only signs I can positively identify are the right turn arrow and the “P” for parking across the street. Everything else is too blurry. If they’re Chinese characters, then fine.
As for the 911, I had specifically mentioned what appeared to be Euro plates, and I don’t see anything in terms of the cars on the street that didn’t fit with what I saw in Europe last year.
Actually pinning down this particular gold Rolls is tricky, because none of the ones I can find online have green wheel inserts. But hey, I’m done.
Jim Klein
Posted April 10, 2023 at 7:01 PM
Chinese-market license plates are more similar in format to European ones than American or Japanese ones.
China, especially the well-to-do areas and high end hotels, generally have far more European cars around them than most areas of Europe do… 🙂
Good catch.The picture was taken in Shanghai in the Pudong financial district, near the entrance of the Jin Mao skyscraper. Here is another one in the same area
Ironically, the gold finish, body kit and (fake?) vents make this look not like an Rolls but like one of those Chinese designs, inspired by the LWB Phantom.
Trying hard to out bling something, I wonder what?
Las Vegas? There’s a limo/taxi operator there that at least at one point in the early 2010s had a gold wrapped Rolls-Royce and an entire fleet of gold wrapped Priuses.
Sometimes the term “lack of taste” is completely inadequate for the current situation. This is definitely one of those moments.
Makes you wonder what the owner is overcompensating for.
I know that I will be in the minority, BUT this is what OTT excessive luxury on the GRAND scale is all about. 1958 GM cars were often called OVER CHROMED and I loved them. This goes well beyond that and I absolutely love ❤ it. Always believe too much is NOT enough!Devine Decadence!🏆 👑 🏆 👑 🏆. Hope to see more like this 🙏. 😎
I wonder if this is an owner/driver…..
In Vegas, I could definitely see a gold ROLLS-ROYCE! 👍. But can’t imagine anyone spending money on a Prius, let alone gold plating it! 🤔. Just my opinion 😉. Anyone remember 1955? Judy Holiday film THE SOLID GOLD CADILLAC? I was just a kid but that car(seen only at the end of the film) sure got my attention!
You wouldn’t be spending money on the Prius with intent, you’d be street-hailing a cab and it would be what pulls up. And the gold-tone wrap probably wouldn’t cost the fleet operator much more than what a standard-color one does and possibly less than a custom pattern.
Over 5 million Prius have been sold to date, it’s quite popular worldwide and considered a very well-engineered and long-lasting vehicle.
I realize that Prius has been popular. With all sincerity, Frankly I Don’t care. I am an old school buy American 🇺🇸 person. Also like my cars BIG, roomy and comfortable. Unfortunately it’s impossible to find my kind of car🚘 currently being manufactured. So I will drive my low mileage Lincoln Town Car Signature Limited until I can no longer drive or find parts. Bought the car 2 years ago for $8,000 and have put less than $1,000 into it. Wherever I go, it gets a lot of attention. For me this is an economical way to drive a car that I LOVE ❤.🏆. 👍 😎
Could that be Hong Kong?
The wheels and fender vent ruin it.
In the 70s, Avon or someone similar sold cologne in gold glass bottles shaped like a late 30s Cadillac. I saved one for decades but don’t know where it got to.
I believe it was AVON, which also made a Silver Duesenberg. At one point I actually had a gold 30s 🤔 transistor radio.
Pretentious? Moi?
Why is it that if a car is bright silver with bright silver wheels it’s fine. If it’s black with black wheels it’s fine. But if it’s gold with gold wheels or overly shiny and reflective it’s not fine (to some)?
I guess everyone has an opinion 🤷. Seems like we have similar opinions! See my posts! Beauty IS in the eyes 👀 of the beholder! 👍.
I think we’re talking a bit more than “gold with gold wheels”!
Maybe for the same reason folks tend to wear gold chains and not silver or black ones?
Neutral colors, color keyed wheels with loud colors is pretty tacky, Muscle cars with the high impact colors with the dog dish/color keyed wheels aren’t much better, but at least a sublime green Cuda isn’t a blinding mirror finish
I wasn’t making a statement about me liking it or not, more an observation that it’s curious how a particular hue on something will elicit wildly different reactions than a different hue on the exact same base. A different culture may see it very differently in the aggregate but of course individuals will likely diverge there as well.
My daily is silver with shiny alloy wheels or it would be under the roadgrime
It reminds me of gold teeth in a smile. It looks expensive. And wrong.
Atrocious!
I’m 100% sure it’s not Las Vegas, speaking as a resident. The architecture is all wrong. In the background, there’s a blue sign with a traffic arrow, that’s not a sort I’ve ever seen in the US. There’s a white van with a raised roof in the background that I initially thought was a Dodge B-series with a roof conversion, but I’m pretty sure the windows are wrong.
But I think I’m more appalled by the pink Porsche, possibly a 911, whose nose is peeking out from behind a pillar.
It’s hard to make out, but the characters on those vertical banners look Chinese, possibly. My guess would be somewhere in Asia, anyway.
Evan,
I owned a restoration shop that specialized in Rolls-Royce cars, and I’ve continue to follow the eccentricities of various R-R buyers & owners.
I believe this car belongs to the Sultan of Brunei, and if so, it’s kept in Dubai for when his family visits to go shopping
Also, the subject car is not a US- or Canadian-spec model; the amber rear side marker light is a giveaway.
Pardon me, do you have any sizzurp?
No! But do have Grey Poupon! Loved that classic commercial! 👑.
Back when the Grey Poupon ad was popular, I drove an Austin Princess with the limousine body by Vanden Plas. 99% of Americans think the Princess is a Rolls-Royce.
When we would be asked the Grey Poupon question, we would hold up a yellow plastic squeeze bottle and say “Nah, we use French’s Mustard”!
Love ❤ it! My late brother had a 62 Silver Cloud. Beautiful automobile! A local business man drove a Bentley, afraid people would think he was putting on airs if he drove a ROLLS-ROYCE. Go figure! So happy someone picked up on Grey Poupon! 😉 🚘.You made my day! 👍😎
Fool’s Gold
There’s a David Bowie reference in here somewhere…
The “Golden Years” Lyric, “In the back of a dream car twenty foot long” comes to mind.
Soft Cell, the band that brought us Tainted Love in the 1980s (I understand it’s a cover version of a much earlier song), also released Sex Dwarf, mentioning several times a gold Rolls.
Reading the lyrics, the songwriter didn’t think too much of his chauffeur.
I thought I was the only person that actually listened to the whole album more than once.
European street signs. I saw one just like it—and maybe it was this one—valet parked in front of the Grand Casino in Monte Carlo last summer.
There’s nothing like good taste—and that’s nothing like good taste.
This is almost certainly not Hong Kong as the Rolls is LHD and the traffic seems to be on the right, in the background. Though I’ve seen more Rolls in HK than in London. Note also the pink Porsche hiding in the back.
Mainland China, undoubtedly.
Did a Google image search and there are about half a dozen of these—one in India, another in Ireland—both in use as taxis, as well as one in Monte Carlo, another in Sirmione, Italy, one in London and another in National City, California (suburban San Diego).
Looks like Euro plates on the nose of the pink Porsche and the other cars fit with Europe more than Asia.
If you actually look at the signs, they are in Chinese. Last time I was in Europe, I had not noticed any wholesale adoption of Chinese characters for signage.
So you think there aren’t any 911s in China? Especially pink ones?
Paul, your eyes must be far better than mine. On a 27-inch monitor, the only signs I can positively identify are the right turn arrow and the “P” for parking across the street. Everything else is too blurry. If they’re Chinese characters, then fine.
As for the 911, I had specifically mentioned what appeared to be Euro plates, and I don’t see anything in terms of the cars on the street that didn’t fit with what I saw in Europe last year.
Actually pinning down this particular gold Rolls is tricky, because none of the ones I can find online have green wheel inserts. But hey, I’m done.
Chinese-market license plates are more similar in format to European ones than American or Japanese ones.
China, especially the well-to-do areas and high end hotels, generally have far more European cars around them than most areas of Europe do… 🙂
Looks like Shanghai – the building in the background is the Super Brand Mall:
Good catch.The picture was taken in Shanghai in the Pudong financial district, near the entrance of the Jin Mao skyscraper. Here is another one in the same area
Ironically, the gold finish, body kit and (fake?) vents make this look not like an Rolls but like one of those Chinese designs, inspired by the LWB Phantom.
I’ll pass on this, but that’s just me.
Looks more like a Rong-Qi.
It’s not to my taste and to each their own….. but what really kills me is the greenish color in the background of the wheels. YECH!
Are you sure this a real Rolls/Bentley? It looks like some sort of kit car. Maybe a Hongqi or Mitsuoka?
Speaking Mitsuoka, they know what it takes to be cool.
The owner most likely looks like this.
In China?
Proof once again that money cannot buy taste.