The Rolls-Royce Specter is the spiritual successor to the two-door, four-seater Phantom coupé – and it’s lovely. But more importantly, the Specter is the luxury automaker’s first electric vehicle. It has 577 horsepower, a range of 260 miles and, as with any proper Rolls-Royce, an almost limitless number of customizable options to choose from.
The Specter configurator is more robust than some of the traditional online customizers. It offers 29 exterior color options to choose from – 12 standard and 17 as part of the Commissioned Collection – as well as 31 contrasting two-tone colours.
There are even two contrasting configurations. The Upper Two-Tone covers the entire upper half of the vehicle in your favorite tint while the Aero Two-Tone uses body coloring on the window pillars and surrounds. Or if you’re feeling a little uninspired, there’s a monotonous option.
Buyers can select six different wheel options. There are four 23-inch wheel choices and one 22-inch wheel available globally, finished in polished silver or two-tone silver and black. The Chinese market, meanwhile, gets the option of a 22-inch steerable wheel.
Buyers can also decide if they want their Spirit Of Ecstasy badge fully illuminated. Otherwise, there is still an “Uplit” option for the traditional chrome ecstasy which projects the lighting from below and gives it more presence.
Jumping inside, as you’d expect, the amount of customizable options is mind-boggling. The viewer lets you color three distinct areas of the seats – the top half, the backs and even the bolsters -, and there are nine veneer accent options ranging from open-pore oak to high-gloss piano lacquer in white or black . The steering wheel is also customizable and buyers can even change the color of the instrument cluster dials. And of course the Rolls-Royce Starlight headlining with shooting star function is available.
Naturally, Rolls-Royce won’t tell you how much each of these online options cost. But we do know that the Specter starts at $413,500 in the US.