Drive into the future with Rolls Royce’s land-yacht of a concept car [View all]

[Zorro]

The future of luxury cars will be entirely personalized, fully autonomous and exceedingly comfortable — at least if Rolls Royce has anything to do with it.

On Thursday, the venerable British automaker, which is now owned by BMW Group BMW, +0.13% , unveiled its first self-driving car, the Vision Next 100 concept car, a spectacularly ornate, futuristic land yacht that wouldn’t look out of place in the sci-fi classic “Tron.”

At nearly 20 feet long and 5 feet tall, the car features a zero-emissions powertrain, glass canopy roof and virtually invisible wheels, which are tucked inside the sleek chassis (Got a flat? The robot will fix it). But it’s inside where the Vision Next 100 really shines, sporting a silk sofa — or as Rolls puts it, “a beautifully textured, ivory-coloured luxurious throne upon which our passengers are conveyed” — deep wool carpet, hand-crafted Madagascar wood paneling and a big-screen TV.

There’s no steering wheel, but you won’t need Jeeves to drive you anyway. That will be handled by Eleanor, an artificial-intelligence program can both drive and function as a fully interactive personal assistant.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/drive-into-the-future-with-rolls-royces-land-yacht-of-a-concept-car-2016-06-16

Well, it certainly looks....uhhhh....interesting...