As you may know, the Rolls-Royce Spectre has been on the market for over 3 years now, and sadly, it’s only available in a coupe bodystyle. For those looking for a drop-top version, there’s good news, and it’s called the Project Nightingale. Before you go fetch that cheque book, make sure that you’re a Rolls-Royce VIP. In other words, the Project Nightingale is limited to 100 units and is available by invitation only. Each one will be coachbuilt by hand at the Home of Rolls-Royce at Goodwood.
Apparently, the name was derived from ‘Le Rossignol’, the name of the designers’ and engineers’ house at Henry Royce’s French Riviera estate. The Project Nightingale might remind you of the Boat Tail (2021) and Droptail (2023), but it has nothing to do with these, since it is based on the Architecture of Luxury platform. In other words, it is all-electric. The design inspiration comes from the experimental ‘EX’ Rolls-Royces of the 1920s, more specifically, the 16EX and 17EX. Those prototypes were designed to reach in excess of 145 km/h (90 mph).
The Project Nightingale mimics the 1920s torpedo-shaped design. At 5.76 metres in length, it is almost the same length as the marque’s flagship saloon, Phantom. The wheels are 24-inches, the largest fitted to a Rolls-Royce, with a design inspired by the propellers of a yacht. The lighting at the front may appear to be only DRLs, but that’s only when you view from the front. If you inspect the car up close, you’ll discover cleverly designed vertically-oriented headlights.
Inside, the ambient lighting is in the form of ‘Starlight Breeze’, named after the gentle movement of air. It comprises 10,500 individual stars. It extends from the front of each door and wraps around the driver and the passenger seat. On opening the coach door, the armrest glides rearwards automatically to reveal the Spirit of Ecstasy rotary controller. Since the Project is limited to 100 bespoke units, the material (leather, wood, carbon fibre, metal trims, etc) choices are probably unlimited.
Rolls-Royce didn’t share the technical info of the Nightingale, but I think it’s safe to assume that it’ll either be the same as the standard 430 kW (585 metric hp) Spectre or the 485 kW (659 metric hp) Spectre Black Badge.
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