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Recently I was invited to view the Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe.

Although the saloon is an impressive feat of engineering and luxury I always felt that the marque would benifit from a convertable edition.

What Rolls-Royce have achieved is nothing short of spectacular. From the brushed aluminium bonnet and windscreen surround to the teak hood cover that echos the Riva speadboats of old. They even managed to provide the trusty teflon coated umberellas inside the front doors.

In SoBe, Miami recently I even spotted a soloon with custom alloy wheels. Although it looked good it would have been even better if it was a Drophead Coupe.

Well worth the extra £50k.

Wealth brings us many things; excitement, purpose, and of course Luxury.

But what does luxury mean? For the proletariat it might mean a good meal or a day off work.

For the wealthy it means space. Space to move. Space to think. Time is just the space between two points.

More wealth equals more space; and not just in the size of our residences. What I am getting at here is that to be wealthy means that there are fewer obstructions in ones life.

For example, let’s take the subject of travel.

The common man drives to the airport, parks, queues at check-in, queues for their dinner, waits to board the plan, waits to take their seat, waits for their meal etc. etc.

The wealthy person is chauffeured to their private airport, walks from the car to the aircraft and boards, is attended to immediately (champagne, food, whatever). As the saying goes;

They don’t have to lift a finger

The difference; more space and more time and less obstruction in their lives.

This is real luxury; the ability to move about the world with as little obstruction possible. To have things smoothed over and pre-prepared. To have things taken care of allowing for more wealth generation.

This is real luxury.