Car brand Rolls-Royce has created a one-off motorcar based on its vintage models, which has reportedly sold for an eight-figure sum.

The Sweptail, unveiled at the Concorso d'Eleganza at Villa d'Este car event in Lake Como, was commissioned by a private client, who came to the company with an idea for a one-off car inspired by Rolls-Royces from the 1920s.
While Rolls-Royce declined to provide any specific information on the client, they did reveal that he is a "connoisseur and collector of distinctive, one-off items including super-yachts and private aircraft".
The company also declined to confirm its exact value, but reports have priced the Sweptail at between $12,800,000 and $13,000,000.

"Sweptail is the automotive equivalent of haute couture," said Giles Taylor, director of design at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. "It is a Rolls-Royce designed and hand-tailored to fit a specific customer." "This customer came to the House of Rolls-Royce with an idea, shared in the creative process where we advised him on his cloth, and then we tailored that cloth to him. You might say we cut the cloth for the suit of clothes that he will be judged by."
Working alongside the client, Taylor's design team developed a car that looked back to the coach-built Rolls-Royces of the 1920s and 1930s, while also incorporating secret compartments to store the client's belongings and favourite luxury items.

The two-seater coupé features a large panoramic glass roo...