Heated front- and rear seats, rain sensing wipers, rear-window sunshades, interior ambient lighting and a large sunroof are optional.

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Later that night rain pounds fiercely on the wide leaves of the palms outside my window and lightning flashes perilously close to the Buddhist temple next door.

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The French doors had been dismantled, and a new hallway led to the Rain Room, a red parlor whose sole window was not a window at all.

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