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The updated Rolls-Royce Spectre EV offers more personalisation than before<\/p>\n
Stephan Bauer \/ Rolls-Royce Motor Cars<\/p>\n
Four years have already passed since Rolls-Royce revealed its first all-electric production car, the Spectre. A lot has happened right across the EV landscape in that time, but Rolls customers are unlike any other \u2013 and the company knows them better than anyone else \u2013 so instead of going all-out on a major new model, the Spectre Series II is as restrained as updates come.<\/p>\n
In fact, while other car companies race to roll out 800-volt architectures, new motors, upgraded computers, bigger batteries and faster charging, even for just a mid-cycle facelift, Rolls-Royce has instead doubled-down on its bespoke offerings.<\/p>\n
The company\u2019s aptly named Bespoke department has been busy since the original Spectre landed. Rolls-Royce says its EV is the most personalized car it sells, save for the Phantom, an ultra-expensive limousine that operates in a different world. In other words, more is spent (both time and money) by customers creating their own unique Spectre than on the Ghost and the Cullinan.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s also the brand\u2019s second most popular model, only outsold by the Cullinan SUV \u2013 and, crucially, Rolls says Spectre owners drive the EV themselves. Unlike Phantom and often Cullinan too, this isn\u2019t one for the chauffeur to enjoy.<\/p>\n
Before we get to exactly what Bespoke can do to your Spectre Series II, the car itself features a few choice improvements over its predecessor. Range has been increased from 329 to 390 miles, and Rolls says the charging time has been cut by 14 percent. And, while it\u2019s unlikely you\u2019ll ever see a Spectre driver waiting in line at a public charger \u2013 most Spectres are almost exclusively charged at home \u2013 extra range, and less time charging, is always welcome.<\/p>\n
The Spectre Series-II can be equipped with a new seat fabric called Duality Twill.<\/p>\n
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There\u2019s more power, too. The standard car now produces 592 bhp and 1,015 Nm of torque, up from Series I\u2019s 577 bhp and 900 Nm. The sportier Black Badge is now even more muscular, with 670 bhp in Infinity Mode and an enormous 1,100 Nm when using Spirited Mode. It remains the most powerful production Rolls-Royce ever made, and for the Series II now comes with Iced Black exterior trim, where all the brightwork usually finished in chrome or gloss black now has a satin look.<\/p>\n
More obvious changes are found with a new set of 23-inch forged wheels, highly polished and designed to scatter sunlight as they rotate. And unlike so many of today\u2019s EVs, they\u2019re actually designed to look good, and expose more of the powerful brakes behind, rather than optimized solely to slip through the air more cleanly to aid range.<\/p>\n
Chris Brownridge, chief executive of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, described the Spectre as \u201cone of the most compelling canvases for Bespoke in our contemporary product portfolio, inspiring clients to pursue ever more individual and ambitious commissions. With Spectre Series II, we extend those possibilities ever further.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then there\u2019s the personalization. This is where Rolls-Royce has really stepped up a gear with the Spectre Series II \u2013 and to find out more, I recently drove down to the Goodwood factory near England\u2019s south coast for a tour.<\/p>\n
New paint options for Spectre Series-II include finishes that shift from black at the rear to colour at the front.<\/p>\n
Stephan Bauer \/ Rolls-Royce Motor Cars<\/p>\n
Visiting a car factory is always fascinating, no matter the manufacturer. But to visit the home of Rolls-Royce is a real treat. This is where every single Rolls-Royce sold since 2003 is assembled, and where employees across the paint, coachwork and interior trim departments are constantly working on unique vehicles commissioned through the Bespoke department.<\/p>\n
More Spectres will soon come through here, since the Series II now lets buyers spec a new bamboo-derived interior fabric called Duality Twill, which comprises 2.2 million stitches and 12 hours of labor per car. There\u2019s also a new leather pattern called Placed Perforation, a new dashboard veneer called Brindled Walnut, and new exterior paint options too. The latter includes the new Ethereal Blue, plus the striking option of a graduated finish that shifts from black at the rear to one of three colors \u2013 blue, violet and gunmetal \u2013 at the front, as pictured above.<\/p>\n
This particular process is the result of six months of engineers programming robots to get the gradient just right, adjusting the distance and velocity until the correct method was discovered.<\/p>\n
One of Rolls-Royce’s most dramatic paint options is called Lunaflair<\/p>\n
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Exterior paint is an incredibly important part of the build at Rolls-Royce. I\u2019m told how some more complex paints require 14 layers, and that some one-off jobs take so long the car is worked on over weekends to avoid disrupting the normal schedule of the production line. I was also told during my factory tour how, sometimes, a particularly complex candy color can get to the 13th layer before a fault is discovered, meaning the entire process has to start again. In one case, such a fault was caused by a single 3mm piece of fiber landing on the paint.<\/p>\n
To cater for the increased Bespoke options for Spectre Series II \u2013 and help clients access the 44,000 paint colors Rolls-Royce offers \u2013 a new paint shop is currently under construction at the Goodwood facility. It\u2019s part of a \u00a3300 million ($405 million) investment, the single biggest cash injection into the site since it opened in 2003, that will expand the Bespoke and Coachwork divisions, and help prepare the company for its electric future.<\/p>\n
A star of the Bespoke department is Bailey, a long-standing customer\u2019s Labrador-Golden Retriever mix who in 2025 had a Spectre built as a tribute to him. A portrait of Bailey appears in marquetry form on the rear \u2018Waterfall\u2019 section of the car, a wooden panel between the two rear seats. Made of 180 pieces and surprisingly lifelike, the portrait comprised nine veneers \u2013 four of which had never been used by Rolls-Royce before \u2013 representing 22 natural shades.<\/p>\n
The Spectre Bailey features a marquetry portrait of the owner’s dog between the rear seats.<\/p>\n
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This is joined by a paw print, also in marquetry, on the passenger panel, and repeated in hand-painted rose gold on the exterior coachline. The paw print appears again as an engraving on the surround of the car\u2019s rose gold door sill treadplates, visible every time the doors are opened.<\/p>\n
Phil Fabre de la Grange, head of Bespoke at Rolls-Royce, said when the Bailey Spectre was revealed, \u201cOne of the great joys of a Bespoke commission is becoming immersed in the client\u2019s world and the unique story behind their vision. This is perfectly captured by Spectre Bailey, a charming commission that reaffirms that inspiration can come from anywhere. Our team was absolutely delighted to collaborate with our long-standing clients to bring this concept to life in a playful yet timeless manner, reflecting the special place Bailey holds in their hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rolls-Royce interiors are no longer exclusively exercises in wood, leather and metal. A new bespoke option for the Spectre Series II is a sustainable, man-made veneer made of walnut sourced from the fruit industry. Another veneer is made of eucalyptus from the paper industry, which is formed into a block then sliced into the veneer during a ten-week process. The result is an ash color with purple stain and a fine silver pigment that Rolls-Royce assures won\u2019t go green with UV exposure. Lastly, we\u2019re told how tinted carbon weaves are also coming to the Spectre Series II, with green and blue options initially and more to come.<\/p>\n
Options from the Bespoke department include hand-painted crests, coastlines and other exterior details.<\/p>\n
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So while the new Spectre still shares much with its predecessor \u2013 something owners of the original will likely be happy about \u2013 it demonstrates the direction in which Rolls-Royce is increasingly headed. Like rivals in the ultra-luxe automotive space, it knows there is money to be made in personalization, in offering clients the opportunity to own something unique.<\/p>\n
For Rolls-Royce, it seems, the future of the electric car is as much about individuality as it is battery technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The updated Rolls-Royce Spectre EV offers more personalisation than before Stephan Bauer \/ Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Four years…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106000,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[20731],"tags":[8265,33846,26952,13791,20622,1238,34287,25650,26917],"class_list":["post-105999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rolls-royce","tag-automotive","tag-bespoke","tag-electric-car","tag-ev","tag-luxury","tag-rolls-royce","tag-rolls-royce-bespoke","tag-spectre","tag-spectre-series-ii"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/117116814258663293","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}