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packman

(16,296 posts)
Fri May 8, 2020, 01:43 PM May 2020

Got a spare $503,225 for a Rolls-Royce Black Badge Cullinan SUV ?



Among the nocturnal details are the black-chromed grille, darkened side frame finishers, boot handle and trim and rear exhaust pipes. Some brightwork remains, notably the generous chrome door handles. Our black-as-night tester sported delicate hand-painted pinstripes matching the interior’s “Forge Yellow” upholstery. Mr. Roethlisberger, your limousine is here.

We’ve met the Cullinan before and found it to be a machine of curiously specific utility. This super-luxe SUV is glamorous. It is glorious. It is ginormous, weighing three tons and then some, despite an aluminum spaceframe. Under that hood is a bi-turbo V12 lubricated with the tears of saints, in the traditional displacement of 6.75 liters, producing an oceanic 600 hp and 664 lb-ft at an effortless 1,600 rpm.

With its wraparound acoustic glass, hundreds of pounds of sound insulation, and four-corner air suspension, the Cullinan’s cabin ambience and drivetrain isolation reach pharmaceutical levels. The highway noise level has been reported as a remarkable 62 dB, which is quieter than a Tesla Model S.

...And on and on about its special features......

https://www.wsj.com/articles/rolls-royce-cullinan-a-bid-for-filthy-rich-millennial-buyers-11588939229
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Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
2. That adds more utlity to the SUV.
Fri May 8, 2020, 01:51 PM
May 2020

Since the real utility of it will be to drive around looking very wealthy. Pharmaceutical levels of status, lubricated with the tears of starving children.

Drive that on a trail? Rough terrain? Oh, maybe after too many drinks.

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
3. I read that Warren Buffet lost 10 billion dollars and he can probably buy one of these with his
Fri May 8, 2020, 03:05 PM
May 2020

pocket change...

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,375 posts)
4. For that price, it should come with a case of toilet paper and some clorox wipes.
Fri May 8, 2020, 03:30 PM
May 2020

I'd take one, if there were actually anywhere to drive to. In case the price of gas goes up, does it have an "eco" mode?

NNadir

(33,580 posts)
5. If 365 Cambodians chip in their per capita gross income of 1,377 per annum...
Fri May 8, 2020, 03:38 PM
May 2020

...they can afford this thing and nothing else.

Maybe they could use it as a temple to replace the damage to Ankor Wat.

It's a just world we live in when people exist who can afford this sort of thing.

DFW

(54,462 posts)
6. Well, rats. I was just about to order one.......
Fri May 8, 2020, 07:21 PM
May 2020

But that last $225 just put it out of my price range............

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