It features similar exterior colors, carbon-fiber elements inside and out, enhanced leather equipment and numerous acid-green accents on items such as the brake calipers, illuminated sill plates, interior stitching and instrument cluster needles.
It does make for a device that's easy to hold in one hand securely, with no worries about it slipping and falling, but it lacks the premium look and feel of the tapered carbon-fiber back on the 9900, and even the faux leather on the 9700.
New this year are a trio of carbon fiber bags: duffel, messenger and envelope sizes completed in hand-stitched leather, palladium-finish brass accessories, hand-mounted studs and cotton lining.