Thom Taylor

For a city rooted in luxury and opulence, Dubai has grown richer in the past year, with statistics showing that more than 80,000 billionaires now reside in the city. This rising trend has fuelled a growing demand for everyday luxury, particularly in chauffeur services.

Bentley Motors today celebrates the official opening of its new world-class development Engineering Technical Centre, located at the luxury marque’s carbon-neutral headquarters in Crewe. These new facilities, officially opened by Chairman and CEO Dr Frank-Steffen Walliser and Board Member for R&D Dr Matthias Rabe, will be pivotal to the brand’s preparations for future model development.

Since the launch of the first Phantom in May 1925, motor cars bearing this storied nameplate have enabled their owner to create something unique and personal to them. Through the Bespoke details they commissioned, Rolls-Royce Phantom clients have also expressed the values, priorities and aesthetics of their time.

From the January 2013 issue of HOT ROD: Builder Dan Webb recreates the American-made hot rod that set the 200-mph bar back in 1950.