Rolls-Royce unveils 2025 Cullinan with a bold facelift

Rolls-Royce has dropped the Black Badge Cullinan Series II.

Described as the alter ego of the Cullinan Series II, the classic silhouette has received a facelift.

This version, according to Rolls-Royce is aimed at customers who are rebellious and bold.

And of course the very, very rich.

The internet is divided on this interpretation with its aggressive front, monochrome palette and fabric seats.

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Rolls-Royce recently overhauled its most sought-after model, the Cullinan.

Black Badge models are more performance-orientated and have a darker and more aggressive aesthetic.

The Black Badge Cullinan Series II certainly ticks those boxes, with a Stormtrooper-like exterior and a powerful twin-turbo 6.75L V12 engine under the hood.

This is the first Black Badge vehicle to feature 23-inch wheels, with a design comprising 10 interwoven spoked finished in gloss-black and silver.

Rolls-Royce aimed to ensure visibility of the disc brake caliper through the abstract design, available in the signature shades of Red, Black, Turchese, Mandarin or Forge Yellow.

The Spirit of Ecstasy, window surrounds and door handles are all black and heavily polished to match the glossy body paintwork.

And any customizations added to the coachline will be done by the same man who’s been painting Rolls-Royce’s for the past 20 years.

The exhausts have been treated with a chrome electrolyte to achieve a mirror-black effect.

And because performance is at the heart of the Black Badge Cullinan Series II, this chrome finish measures just one micrometer: about one-hundredth of the width of a human hair.

At the front, the air intakes are lowered, positioned beneath the black illuminated Pantheon grille.

Inside, this car combines sporty details with futuristic lines and colorways.

The interior metals are blacked-out and the dials can be customized in four colors: Vivid Grellow, Neon Nights, Cyan Fire and Synth Wave.

The seats are upholstered with a rayon fabric made out of bamboo, paying homage to the bamboo grove that neighbor’s Sit Henry Royce’s winter home in the Côte d’Azur.

Each seat is embroidered with an abstract interpretation of interlinked R’s, resembling the rope lines found on sailing yachts.

While many people are admiring this offering from Rolls-Royce, some have been less impressed.

“Why fix something that wasn’t broken?” one commenter said.

“I don’t like the idea of a Rolls with cloth seats,” another commenter said.

Fair point.