7 Luxury Car Upgrades That Are Worth the Price
Whether you’re weighing different trim packages for a vehicle you’re planning to buy or looking to add a little panache to a car you already own, there’s no shortage of high-priced upgrades you can make.
There are options that can make average cars extraordinary — extraordinarily safer, better in terms of handling and performance or just plain cooler. Other automotive upgrades, however, are so outrageous, so expensive and dripping with so much luxury that they’re out of reach to even well-heeled commoners. Meet the exclusive options that were designed with royalty in mind.
1. Rolls-Royce Starlight Headliner
The Starlight Headliner feature places a miniature galaxy inside your already incredibly posh Rolls-Royce Phantom. Fiber optic lights are set into 600 to 1,200 perforations in the interior leather, and when the Starlight Headliner feature is activated, the “stars” twinkle to life. Completely customizable to make each galaxy as unique as the rich people who drive Phantoms, each individual light can be adjusted to the driver’s liking — dim enough for mood lighting or bright enough to read under. The out-of-this-world option costs about $12,925.
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2. Bentley Flying Spur Champagne Cooler
If sedans are more your thing, the Bentley Flying Spur starts at $200,000 — “starts” being the keyword. Options add up quickly, especially considering that many upgrades come with five-digit price tags. Among the options is the Mulliner — that’s Bentley’s custom bespoke upgrade shop — Champagne cooler. The built-in bubbly fridge costs more than $10,000, installed.
3. Ferrari 812 Superfast Matte Livery Paint
A 2022 V-12 Ferrari 812 Superfast will run you $405,540 with a standard factory paint job. If you want to upgrade to matte livery paint, however, you can add $67,850 to the price tag. A carbon fiber steering wheel is an additional $12,220. In the market for an airbrushed shield to decorate the fender? You’ll have to cough up $23,070.
4. Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Ceramic Brakes
The 2019 Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid 4D Coupe isn’t exactly modestly priced. According to Car Experts, the 2019 model ranges anywhere from $150,100 to $354,700. It’s a notorious speed demon, but all that power is hard to slow down, which means you might want to add ceramic brakes to the package. If you do, the price jumps by $20,980.
5. Tesla’s Ludicrous Speed
In 2015, Tesla announced an awesomely named option called Ludicrous Speed. Available on high-end Model S packages, it promised to reduce zero to 60 mph acceleration to an astonishing 2.8 seconds — but it came with a $10,000 price tag. In 2017, a Model S P100D with Ludicrous Speed broke Tesla’s own promise and became the fastest production car when it hit the mark in a record 2.275507139 seconds.
6. Rolls-Royce Gold Spirit of Ecstasy
Maybe with the exception of Jaguar, Rolls-Royce lays claim to what arguably is the most instantly recognizable hood ornament in the automotive universe — the Spirit of Ecstasy flying lady emblem. It’s usually made of polished stainless steel, but if you want to upgrade to a 9-carat gold-plated edition, you can do just that on the Wraith, Ghost and Phantom models from 2004 to the present — but it will cost you $16,203.
7. Lexus Kiriko Glass
Kiriko is a traditional Japanese glassworking technique that involves cutting grooves by hand into glass to reflect light in stunning patterns. Lexus paired with Asahi Glass Co. to develop its latest top-of-the-line interior trim package, which includes Kiriko glass on the interior doors and elsewhere in the cabin. It’s all part of the Executive Package, which adds $24,000 and change to the cost of a Lexus.
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