£7.4 million (€8.6 million) for a car. If you feel pointlessly rich, Project Nightingale may be exactly your thing
Rolls-Royce has unveiled a new special project called Project Nightingale, opening a fresh chapter for the brand’s coachbuild models. The fully electric two seat convertible will be built in a limited run of just 100 cars and is aimed, with very little embarrassment, at the world’s wealthiest buyers.
According to Rolls-Royce, the new model combines a hand built body, styling inspired by historic Rolls-Royce prototypes and a full electric powertrain. Its designers drew on the art deco world of the 1920s and 1930s, along with the experimental cars that helped shape the marque’s past.
Inside, Project Nightingale introduces a new lighting concept that turns the song of a nightingale into a visual pattern. Rolls-Royce uses that idea to tie the car’s name, its craftsmanship and its emotional backstory into one carefully staged whole.
The first cars are expected to reach customers in 2028. Rolls-Royce has not published an official price, but estimates in the motoring press place it at around $10 million (€8.8 million).
Project Nightingale makes one thing clear enough. Rolls-Royce wants to take the electric luxury car into its most exclusive upper tier, where value comes not just from technology, but from rarity, design and the art of building something few people will ever even see, never mind own.
