RE: 600hp Cullinan Black Badge gets new look

[Silvanus]

I think I'd rather have the Chinese take on a luxury SUV, the Hongqi HS9. The Rolls looks bloody awful, I actually thought it was some sort of joke/far East rip off when I saw the pic.

[Slowlygettingit]

Grellow.
Nuff said

[bitchstewie]

I must have st taste because I really like these

Some of the interior colour combos are appalling and not sure I'd have a white one but done right I think they look really nice.

[AmyRichardson]

Silvanus said:

I think I'd rather have the Chinese take on a luxury SUV, the Hongqi HS9. The Rolls looks bloody awful, I actually thought it was some sort of joke/far East rip off when I saw the pic.

Both demonstrate how hard it is to make something that big, bulky and blocky look even halfway good.

FFRRs seems to be about as good as can be hoped for, and the most positive adjectives that can hope for is something measured like "handsome" - go up a scale and there are only horrors - HS9, Wagoneer, and this.

[Silvanus]

AmyRichardson said:

Silvanus said:

I think I'd rather have the Chinese take on a luxury SUV, the Hongqi HS9. The Rolls looks bloody awful, I actually thought it was some sort of joke/far East rip off when I saw the pic.

Both demonstrate how hard it is to make something that big, bulky and blocky look even halfway good.

FFRRs seems to be about as good as can be hoped for, and the most positive adjectives that can hope for is something measured like "handsome" - go up a scale and there are only horrors - HS9, Wagoneer, and this.

Not sure any of the oversized SUVs are particularly good looking, handsome is definitely a stretch. I think most go for 'imposing', or brutally ugly. This Rolls is one of the worst, puts me in mind of a sad bulldog

[EBRANDON1]

The worst looking interior on any Rolls Royce ever produced.

Screens look cheap. Electronic dials look cheap. Centre console looks horrible, and cheap, and the seats are awful.

[Roman Moroni]

Numeric said:

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But yes they are very colour and spec dependent!

I probably need help...

I agree (on both points ). The first Cullnan I ever saw was a two tone version, the upper part was a very light blue, the lower was silver. It had quite a presence about it. Like numerous people have mentioned, the issue is with the black/black/black which does the car no favours.

Ultimately the owner is on the inside looking out; so what the car actually looks like outside is of little/no consequence to them.

[Midgster]

I remember, when I was a kid 40/45 years ago seeing a Rolls Royce drive past and you would shout "Rolls Rooooooyce!!" with excitement. This year's EuroVision fills me with more excitement these days!

[redroadster]

Well I suppose the leather is nice and soft inside ,that's all positives I can say .

[Captain Smerc]

I'll take it!

[Mr-B]

'kinell I couldn't live with that interior at any price, not even in a £500 barried Corsa. I assume that is Bradford wedding spec option box ticked?

[gruppeb86]

AmazingGrace said:

gruppeb86 said:

dunnoreally said:

This reminds me of those Amazonian fish that tunnel into people's genitals in that I'm unlikely to spend much time around them but I'd still be measurably happier if they didn't exist.

lol

The candiru!
Stuff of legends

Thank you both. Learn something new every day.

[Iamnotkloot]

My eyes!

Saw an original Cullinan on the road last month - jeeze, it doesn't look any better on the move.

[Gordon Hill]

At least the headlights are the right shape for the Chinese market.

[Rough101]

Hideous

[pycraft]

Silvanus said:

I think I'd rather have the Chinese take on a luxury SUV, the Hongqi HS9. The Rolls looks bloody awful, I actually thought it was some sort of joke/far East rip off when I saw the pic.

TBF, the big Hongqi looks a lot better in the metal than that picture would suggest - it's lower and longer than the lic looks, proportioned more like the Velar to my eyes. One was parked next to me when I did the school run. Looks good in two-tone...

[pycraft]

Julian Scott said:

raspy said:

ChrisCh86 said:

What a perfect spec for the UAE!

Biggest market for Cullinan is USA

Don't let facts get in the way of cliched comments.

It's not a cliché. I live in the UAE, and a significant proportion (quite possibly the majority) of vehicles are white 4x4s, most notably the ubiquitous Nissan Patrol (elsewhere called the Nissan Armada - what everyone else calls the Patrol, here they call the "Patrol SuperSafari"). There's also an awful lot of FFRRs in white too. It's less about taste and more about what works best when daytime temperature peak over 40C for half the year (starting around now).

[Skeptisk]

raspy said:

ChrisCh86 said:

I was in Abu Dhabi yesterday. Trust me, they love these (and every other expensive SUV / 4x4). They're perfectly suited to the wide roads, cheap fuel and low tax.

The white paint on the outside perfectly suits the desert, and the inside makes it a bit more interesting. I don't actually mind this spec, it's a bit more interesting than black / black / black.

Edited by ChrisCh86 on Tuesday 7th May 16:52

I’m sure they do, but the biggest market is the USA followed by China.

But I bet the per capita purchase of RR is much higher in Abu Dhabi (and other gulf countries).

[legalman58]

Dreadful
I don’t know what is worse- the fact these things are made or the fact that there is clearly a demand for them
Truly dreadful

[Julian Scott]

Rusty Old-Banger said:

White on the outside and lime green inside? I'm not trying to be fashionably "I hate that", but white screams povvo, lowest monthlies, whilst the lime green is just... tasteless. What about dark green outside and tan inside? Even black on black would be more attractive.

And average age 43? Well that just lets me know I've failed in life, then.

Its. A. Promo. Photo. It's designed to catch attention and get people talking.