{"id":18160,"date":"2019-05-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/rolls-royce-wraith-eagle-viii-collection-2\/"},"modified":"2020-10-06T12:49:09","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T12:49:09","slug":"rolls-royce-wraith-eagle-viii-collection-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/rolls-royce-wraith-eagle-viii-collection-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolls-Royce Wraith Eagle VIII Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From Rolls-Royce’s Bespoke division, the Eagle VIII Collection based on the Wraith is rolling out as a new special edition model. This is presented at this weekend during the Concorso d’Eleganza at the Villa d’Este in Italy. It is inspired by the 20.3-liter and about 350-hp strong Rolls-Royce aircraft engine called Eagle VIII. Two of them powered a converted World War 1 Vickers Vimy bomber, used by Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Brown to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight in June 1919. They started in St. Johns, Newfoundland and finally reached Clifden, Ireland. They achieved a previously unimaginable average speed of 115 mph – with failed radio and navigation instruments from the start. Now, 100 years later, the name of the former engine has been given to the Wraith special edition.

On the driver’s door panel, there is a metal badge with the engraved text: “I do not know what we should most admire – their audacity, determination, skill, science, their aeroplane, their Rolls-Royce engines – or their good fortune”. This quote comes from Winston Churchill as a comment on the successful flight. In addition, the Wraith Eagle VIII gets a high-quality leather interior in black and light grey (‘Selby Grey’), stitched with brass-colored yarn. This color, also found on the metal plaque and the covers of the loudspeakers, comes from the brass sextant that Arthur Brown used primarily to plan the route after all other instruments had failed. On the covers of the midrange speakers, the flight distance of 1,880 miles is engraved.<\/p>\n\n\n

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