Peek Inside Goodwood, Where Cars Are Handmade

Peek Inside Goodwood, Where Cars Are Handmade

In a world where factories churn out cars by the tens of thousands and so many cars are easily forgettable, it’s nice to know there’s a place where automobiles are handmade.

That place is Goodwood, where people you can only call artisans build Rolls-Royce cars. Oh sure, a lot of high-end luxury automakers build cars by hand. The amazing Aston Martin One-77 comes to mind, as does the Bentley Mulsanne. But there’s something about a Rolls, even if corporate parent BMW has made them look more like vaults than cars.

Lou Ann Hammond over at Carlist.com paid a visit to the factory, where, among other things, she met a woman whose job is filling in the minute cracks in the burled wood used throughout the car and a pinstriper who is teaching his son the craft. Check out Lou’s piece here.

Photo: Rolls Royce