Personalization

  • Art Deco Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe, 2012 Paris Auto Show

    Rolls-Royce is hoping to provide inspiration to its well-heeled customers who may decide to opt for the automaker’s expanding personalization service, Rolls-Royce Bespoke, with a trio of cars that take their design influence from the Art Deco era. They make their debut today at the 2012 Paris Auto Show, the same city where the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes was hosted in 1925--it was this event that the Art Deco movement derives its name. The cars, which include Ghost and Phantom sedans, as well as a Phantom Drophead Coupe, reference a style...

  • One-off Rolls-Royce Ghost built for Qatari client
    Rolls-Royce Rolls Out Bespoke Ghost For Qatari Client

    The special Rolls-Royce was developed by the automaker's Bespoke personalization service.

  • Abarth Fuori Serie based on the Fiat 500
    Abarth Previews 'Fuori Serie' Personalization Service With Custom Fiat 500

    Abarth, the performance division at Fiat, is out to show that even buyers of humble cars like the 500 minicar can enjoy the kinds of vehicle personalization that we’re accustomed to seeing on supercars. We were given a taste of what to expect with the limited edition Abarth 695 models...

  • 2013 Koenigsegg Agera R BLT
    Koenigsegg Shows Off Bespoke Services With New Agera R BLT

    A member of the exclusive world of ‘hypercar’ manufacturers, Sweden’s Koenigsegg for years has been focused on upping the ante of its line of mid-engine exotics, with its latest offering, the Agera R, setting six new land speed records for a production car last year and then...

  • Audi SQ5 TDI Exclusive Concept, 2012 Paris Auto Show
    Audi SQ5 TDI Exclusive Concept: 2012 Paris Auto Show

    Audi’s Q5 crossover is the latest model to get the Audi Exclusive touch, though it’s still in the concept phase and so far confirmed only for Europe. Audi Exclusive is the personalization service for the brand with the four rings, offering customers of its cars upgrades such as special...

  • Ferrari FF personalized by Ferrari Tailor Made for golfer Ian Poulter
    First Ferrari Tailor Made Car In U.S. Delivered At Pebble Beach

    Buyers of Ferraris have a number of options available to them for personalizing their supercars, something the automaker says nearly all of its customers opt to do. Not content with its previous Special Projects, Carrozzeria Scaglietti and One-to-One departments, Ferrari decided to launch a new...

  • Audi R8 Exclusive Select Edition V8

    If you’re in the market for a 2012 Audi R8, there are two limited-production models built just for the American market that are about to hit U.S. Audi dealers. Called “Exclusive Selection Editions,” Audi will produce just 20 examples powered by its 4.2-liter V-8, and only 30 examples powered by its 5.2-liter V-10. Finished in Daytona Gray matte paint, the Exclusive Select Edition V8 boasts a carbon fiber splitter and diffuser; 19-inch titanium-finished wheels; black grille surround and exhaust finishers, red brake calipers and R8 GT tail lamps. Inside, buyers get a unique...

  • Lotus Evora by Mansory
    Lotus Selects Mansory As Official Customization Studio

    Any performance or luxury automaker worth its salt these days offers some level of personalization for its cars. After all, if you’re dropping the price of an average home on a new car you wouldn’t want the person up the street to be able to buy one in the exact same specification as...

  • Q by Aston Martin
    Q by Aston Martin Individualization Program: Geneva Preview

    Ferrari, Lamborghini, Bentley, Rolls-Royce, BMW, Porsche--all have their own lines for making your car more yours. Now Aston Martin joins with its new Q by Aston Martin line. If the name evokes thoughts of James Bond's Q, perhaps it should--the service isn't limited to just interior and exterior...

  • Custom Ferrari 458 owned by Fiat heir Lapo Elkann - Image courtesy fry_theonly
    Fiat Heir Lapo Elkann Shows Off His Military-Pattern Ferrari 458

    Brother of Fiat chairman and Agnelli crown prince John Elkann, and the possible future boss of Ferrari, the ever-flamboyant Lapo Elkann has taken advantage of his family links yet again to create this one-off Ferrari 458 Italia finished in a military pattern--both inside and out. Elkann, as you may...

  • Rolls-Royce Ghost Bespoke Design
    Bespoke Personalization Key To Rolls-Royce Sales Growth

    The degree of bespoke personalization available to Rolls-Royce buyers has helped the brand achieve record sales.

  • Ferrari Tailor-Made Program
    This Is Ferrari’s New Tailor-Made Program: Video

    There’s buying a new car, and then there’s buying a new Ferrari. One is a process most of us will likely experience in our lives while the other is an occasion that very few will get to enjoy, and one that is very special. To make the purchase of a Ferrari even more memorable, the...

  • 2012 Ferrari FF

    Whether you're buying a Ferrari for the speed, the heritage or the looks, the reality is that you're buying it because it's a Ferrari. With the Italian marque on track to hit its self-imposed exclusivity limit of 7,000 cars in 2011 though, how do you differentiate your car with the one owned by the guy down the street? Ferrari's Tailor Made service, that's how. We've looked at Tailor Made here on Motor Authority before, but some of the options available really stand out, as Bloomberg has discovered. Gold, for example. Tired of all your friends and their Rosso Scuderia paint jobs? A gold paint...

  • Lapo Elkan’s custom Ferrari California
    Ferrari Launches Tailor-Made Program At 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show

    Although we first heard about Ferrari’s latest ‘Tailor-Made Program’ back in July, the Italian supercar marque waited until this week’s 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show to formally announce it. In Frankfurt Ferrari had a dedicated stand for the Tailor-Made Program, with several...

  • 2012 Audi A8 L W12 Executive
    Audi A8 L W12 Exclusive Concept: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show

    What are you to do if you want a long-wheelbase Audi A8 with a W12 engine and a hyper-premium, limited-edition feel? Get on the short list for the 50 Exclusive Concepts that will be built, that's what. Announced today at the Frankfurt Auto Show, the A8 L W12 will see just 50 units built, featuring...

  • McLaren Special Operations MP4-12C
    McLaren Rolls Out Exclusive Personalization Program

    McLaren chose the recent 2011 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance to announce plans for a new vehicle personalization program dubbed McLaren Special Operations. Designed for the new MP4-12C, and two other supercars in the pipeline, McLaren Special Operations caters to owners looking to add...

  • Audi R8 customized by Audi Exclusive
    R8 Supercar Gets Audi Exclusive Touch

    The Audi Exclusive customization option is now available for the Audi R8 supercar.

  • Morgan online customizing website
    Bored At Work? Try These 5 Online Car Customizing Websites

    It's the 5th of July. You're at work. Probably bored, and almost certainly hung over from the celebrations yesterday. If you're like us, you might be idly scanning the internet for something to do in your downtime. Motor Authority comes to your rescue. We've done the legwork and found the best...

  • Ferrari California Vintage Package

    It appears Ferrari has launched a new customization program that enables customers to add a classic touch to its range of modern supercars. Called the Vintage Package, the bespoke modifications are likely to be yet another avenue of vehicle customization falling under the umbrella of Ferrari’s One-to-One program. The new Ferrari California Vintage Package is the first of the special options and consists of unique chrome highlights for the side vents, A-pillar trims, door mirrors and front grille. The wheels also get a new diamond polish look. All the elements are said to be offered as...

  • 2011 MINI Cooper Clubman Hampton SD
    MINI Unveils Clubman Hampton To Kick Off New MINI Yours Personalization Program

    MINI is launching a new personalization program called MINI Yours, which will essentially offer customers a range of different options to configure their car exactly how they want it. Customers will be able to choose from a large selection of exterior paint finishes, light-alloy wheels, upholstery...

  • BMW Individual 2012 BMW 6-Series Convertible
    2012 BMW 6-Series Convertible Worked Over By BMW Individual

    The new 2012 BMW 6-Series Convertible doesn’t go on sale until spring but we already know that in its 650i guise it will be wearing a $91,375 (including destination) sticker. Now, we have an early look at the exclusive BMW Individual package that will be available for the new 6-Series range...

  • Ferrari 458 Italia Personalization
    Video: Ferrari Shows Off Personalization Program For 458 Italia

    The supercar buying experience would easily rate as one of the most exciting periods of anyone’s life. Whether you’re a car nut or not, dropping enough money to buy a house on a car is something most people will never get to experience but as you can imagine the process is generally a...

  • BMW Individual 7-Series Composition
    BMW Individual Unveils Steinway & Sons Inspired 7-Series ‘Composition’

    BMW’s ‘Individual’ program was established back in 1991 for designing and creating customized versions the automaker’s cars for customers who were looking for made-to-measure solutions. The cars are ideal for those customers who seek the highest levels of luxury and look to...

  • One-off Ferrari 612 GTS Pavesi
    Video: One-Off Ferrari 612 GTS Pavesi

    Ferrari’s One-to-One Personlization Program was initially launched as a premium service only for buyers of the flagship 612 Scaglietti who were looking for additional customization of their vehicles via a dedicated 'atelier' area at the factory in Maranello. However, the popularity of the...

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