Rolls-Royce Black Badge Wraith Black Arrow Is The Marque’s Final V12 Coupe

The impending electrification of automobiles has garnered the automotive industry with a brand-new endangered species – high-powered full combustion engines. Fortunately, the death mark on the performance ICEs also bestowed us with a slew of commemorative or farewell models, signifying the marque’s last attempt to close down the chapter of their storied models in the most respectable and highly-held way.

One of the instances of this phenomenon is this all-new Rolls-Royce Black Badge Wraith Black Arrow. This special commemorative model marks the double-R marque’s final swansong of their V12-powered coupes, as the brand has decided to adopt electrification for their future models.

To make this Wraith more special, Rolls-Royce only plans to build 12 units of the Black Badge Wraith Black Arrow – an homage to the coupe’s 12-cylinder powertrain.

As the name suggests, the Wraith Black Arrow is imbued in a gradient exterior hue that transitions from Celebration Silver at the front to Black Diamond at the back, with a glass-infused topcoat applied to the black portions of the car. This ‘Black Arrow’ finish takes inspiration from the marque’s Thunderbolt land-speed record car from the 1930s that boasts two V12 engines, propelling it to a record V-max of 574 KM/H.

The commemorative Wraith also sports a slew of yellow-tinged trims for the exterior, including on the front air intakes, V-braces behind the vertical front grille, as well as on the base of the iconic ‘Spirit of Ecstasy' hood ornament. Just like the gradient paintjob, this yellow hue also pays homage to the aforementioned Thunderbolt model, as Rolls-Royce engineers sprayed a big black arrow with yellow circle on the side of the land-speed record car.

The black-and-yellow theme continues on the Wraith’s cabin space, as the dark Club Leather-wrapped front dash is mated with a yellow trim for the lower part. Apart from the V12-engraved dash, there’s also yellow trimmings at the inner part of the steering wheel, the front seats, door cards, as well as the bezel for the clock face.

Take a look up and you’ll see the star headliner, with each 2,117 fibre optic lights arranged in a pattern that represents the night sky over Bonneville for Thunderbolt's record-setting run in 1938.

And frankly, the black-yellow theme does not end there, as the BMW-built 6.6-litre V12 engine derived from the standard Black Badge Wraith also comes with a yellow-tinged V12 badge that is juxtaposed against the black-and-silver cover for the engine. And just like the standard Black Badge Wraith, this special model also spurs out 624 HP and 870 NM to boot.

Only available in 12 units, with all of them already being spoken for by clients around the world, the 2023 Rolls-Royce Black Badge Wraith Black Arrow special edition surely commands a very hefty price tag, perhaps so astronomical that even Rolls-Royce has yet to disclose them, for now.