- Project Nightengale is the first car in the Rolls-Royce Coachbuild Collection.
- Based on the Spectre, it has a fully electric powertrain.
- It features Streamline Moderne design cues inspired by the Art Deco era.
- It is limited to just 100 units worldwide.
Rolls-Royce has no trouble selling multi-million dollar bespoke vehicles. In fact, the British luxury automaker had so many customers lining up to get their hands on one-of-a-kind cars that they had to create a whole new division to meet demand.
The Rolls-Royce Coachbuild Collection is a limited run of hand-built vehicles that offers many of the same bespoke car qualities as the Droptail or Sweptail, but is slightly more affordable. Rolls-Royce will offer more than 100 examples of this special vehicle to customers, working with them to customize it to their wishes.
The first model in the new Coachbuild Collection is simply stunning—meet Project Nightengale.
Art Deco luxury
Rolls-Royce Nightengale Project
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Project Nightengale stays true to its bespoke roots with custom bodywork and a unique design you won’t find anywhere else in the lineup. Riding on the same platform as the current Specter, Project Nightengale is powered by two electric motors, resulting in at least the same 577 horsepower as the standard Specter, if not more.
The powertrain is only a small part of what makes this vehicle special. Project Nightengale features a stunning open-top design inspired by previous models. It uses the principles of the Art Deco era’s Streamline Moderne design style, which was very popular in the 1920s and 1930s. Imagine, the Batmobile from Batman: The Animated Series.
The car itself is huge, measuring 18.9 feet long—almost the same length as Rolls-Royce’s flagship Phantom. Except that Project Nightengale is exclusively a two-seater. It also rides on massive (but beautiful) 24-inch wheels, the largest ever fitted to a Rolls-Royce vehicle.
Because it is electric, there are no air intakes or vents in the front grille. Rolls-Royce wanted the body surface to remain unbroken between the Pantheon Grille, which is only three feet wide. The grille has 24 vertical aluminum veins, and unlike some current Rolls production cars, it doesn’t flare—blasphemy, I know.
However, the most interesting detail at the front is the headlights. Two ultra-thin, vertically oriented assemblies are located on either side of the bumper. They’re completely unique to this model, and Rolls-Royce says they’re impossible to replicate on a mass scale, meaning you won’t see them in the next Spectre, for example.
The exterior of this particular car is finished in a pale solid blue with subtle red flakes incorporated into the paint. The color red represents the automaker’s experimental prototypes of the 1920s, and also adorns the badge. The paint is combined with a nearly invisible—unless you really look—blue carbon fiber layer that covers the entire vehicle.
Interior Luxury For Two
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The details inside are no less luxurious. The seats are in pastel Charles Blue leather with Grace White accents and Deep Navy inserts. Meanwhile, the retractable soft top is finished in light silver.
Of course, because this Rolls doesn’t have a fixed roof, it doesn’t have the company’s signature Starlight headliner inside. Instead, Rolls is introducing the new Starlight Breeze Suite, consisting of 10,500 ‘stars’ that stretch from the door panels to the backs of the seats, circling the driver and passenger in a horseshoe shape.
Rolls-Royce will only build 100 Project Nightengale units as part of the Coachbuild Collection. Many of the colors and materials used here will not be found on any other Rolls-Royce on the market.
As you would expect, almost every Project Nightengale example is accounted for. Price? Well, if the company’s one-off products are worth millions of dollars, one of the 100 vehicles in the Coachbuild Collection should be a bit cheaper. And by that, we mean it’s still over a million dollars.
For clients lucky enough to get one, it’s worth the price of admission.
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Motorcycle Pickup1: Rolls-Royce knows how to deliver exclusive luxury better than anyone, and Project Nightengale is no exception. The automaker’s latest project combines the best elements of the brand with new elements never before seen in a Rolls-Royce product. It’s amazing in every way.
