We took a fake Rolls-Royce to a luxury hotel to see if the valets would notice
- We bought a $9,000 Chinese fake Rolls-Royce Cullinan
- Team SB used it to prank a high-end valet at a luxury hotel
- Could he tell the difference between it and the real deal?
Published on Mar 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM (UTC+4)
by Amelia Jean Hershman-Jones
Last updated on Mar 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Emma Matthews
The team at Supercar Blondie bought a $9,000 Chinese fake Rolls-Royce Cullinan and pranked a high-end valet at a luxury hotel to see if he could tell it apart from the $450,000 model.
He might have been told that the car in front of him is a new Rolls-Royce, but it doesn’t take a beat before his skepticism is stoked. “What? It looks so different. The size… it doesn’t look like a Rolls-Royce,” he said.
Not only does it not look like an auto from the luxury English car brand, but when he sat behind the wheel, he confirmed that it doesn’t ‘feel’ or sound like one, either.
When asked how much he would pay for it, he confirmed that he wouldn’t buy it at all. When he compares it to the real deal, there’s simply no comparison.
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All Supercar Blondie contributors undergo editorial review and fact-checking to ensure accuracy and authority in automotive journalism. After gaining her BA Hons in French and English at the University of Nottingham, Amelia embarked on a vocational diploma from the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ). This led to numerous opportunities, from interning at Vogue to being on the small team that launched Women’s Health magazine in the UK, which was named the PPA Consumer magazine of the year for three years running. As Health, Beauty and Fitness editor, Amelia personally received a Johnson & Johnson Award and was shortlisted for both PPA and BSME titles. Since then, Amelia has created content for numerous titles and brands, including the Telegraph, 111 Skin, Waitrose, Red magazine, Stylist, and Elle, as well as being Head of Content at Vitality and Editor in Chief at INLondon magazine. “My superpower is translating technical jargon about the mechanical workings of a supercar into a relatable story you’ll want to share with your friends after you’ve read it.” After joining the SB Media family as a senior journalist in September of 2023, Amelia’s role has evolved to see her heading up the SEO output of the editorial team. From researching the most ‘Google-able’ key terms to producing evergreen content - it’s been a time of hard work, growth, and success for the editorial team and the Supercar Blondie website. “I like to think of myself as a ‘method journalist’. In other words: I live and breathe whatever I am writing about. When writing about fitness, I trained as a personal trainer, and as a beauty editor, I completed an ‘expert’ in scent diploma with the Fragrance Foundation. “During my tenure at Supercar Blondie, however, I did something I never thought possible: I passed my driving test at the age of 36. One day I’d love to train as a mechanic to better understand what happens under the hood, too. “My sweet spot is providing readers with a ‘takeaway’ (read: something new they didn’t know before) after reading every one of my stories. While I don’t claim to be an expert in the automotive world, I know the experts and bodies in the field to rely on to provide our readers with an informative and thought-provoking story every time they visit the site.”