(The Wraith are zombielike aliens; their queen, left, is played by Andee Frizzell).
To stare at a Rolls-Royce Wraith is to know it is the great misnomer of luxury cars.
The Wraith is meant to evince the spirit of its luxury-obsessed founders, with the addition of what the company calls "just a hint of noir".
Much has changed since then, when Walter Scott — now a literary wraith — was the dictionary's second most-quoted English writer after Shakespeare.
One of the film's surprises is that Ms. Coddington, who by her late 60s (she is now 71) had the look of a vengeful wraith, was once a fresh-faced young beauty with a high-profile modeling career.
Caligari says that this wraith is a somnambulist; from birth he has never woken up, and this lifelong trance gives him the power to predict the future of any audience member.
The Wraith is very large – much more so in the metal than it appears in photographs.
The Wraith is awash in advanced technology, including the world's first Satellite Aided Transmission.
The Wraith is awash in such superlatives, the memorisation and frequent recitation of which may prove compulsory among owners.
"The Wraith is the ultimate gentleman's gran turismo," he says, exquisitely rolled Rs and suave flip of the hand accentuating his point.
