Rolls-Royce client handover ceremonies have resumed

The Home of Rolls-Royce is once again welcoming clients to collect their new motor car in person, following the reopening of the Goodwood-based Global Centre of Luxury Manufacturing Excellence.

The resumption of customer handovers restores a much-needed element of normality for the marque, which is currently operating a single manufacturing shift under rigorous health and hygiene regimes.

Measures have been put in place across the Goodwood site, including additional security and hand washing facilities, one-way systems for foot traffic and modified seating arrangements in cafes and other public areas. All staff are issued with face masks, which must be worn at all times in production areas.

In tandem with building 'the best car in the world', Rolls-Royce is also pleased to continue producing face visor and protective gown kits for frontline healthcare workers, as it has done since the earliest days of the pandemic response.

Having shut down operations voluntarily on 23 March 2020 to protect the workforce, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars became the first U.K. automotive manufacturer to restart production when it reopened on 4 May 2020.

Client collections have resumed as lockdown restrictions are eased in the U.K. and elsewhere, and the number of patrons choosing to receive the keys to their new motor car in person at Goodwood is steadily returning. The handover ceremony was conducted with the customary courtesies, sympathetically finessed where required, to comply with the marque’s strict hygiene and social distancing policies.