Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is unveiling Project Nightingale, a stunning new Coachbuild Collection. The name draws from “Le Rossignol”—French for “the nightingale”—and it’s also the name of the designers’ and engineers’ nearby home, right by Henry Royce’s winter retreat on the Côte d’Azur. This breathtaking open-top, two-seat motor car reimagines Rolls-Royce design in a bold, dramatic way.
“Project Nightingale is built on the design principles that define this marque at its most compelling – grand proportions, absolute surface discipline, and a clarity of line that rewards the closest attention. And yet, it takes them somewhere entirely new. For me, this landmark motor car feels both inevitable and completely unexpected, and it will shape everything that follows.” Domagoj Dukec, Director of Design, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars
Bold Proportions and Streamline Moderne Design
At first glance its proportions speak for themselves: at 5.76 metres, Project Nightingale is enormous for a two‑seater. Its look draws on Streamline Moderne — the late Art Deco emphasis on pure, unadorned form — and also references Rolls‑Royce’s experimental “EX” cars of the 1920s. These red‑badged prototypes, among the marque’s rarest and most coveted, directly inspired Nightingale, especially 16EX and 17EX.
The absence of an internal‑combustion engine lets the front remain clean and flat. Complementing that purity, Nightingale adopts thin, vertically aligned headlights at the outermost points of the front face instead of the marque’s typical horizontal lights.
The car’s stance is further elevated by record-breaking 24‑inch rims—the largest ever fitted to a Rolls‑Royce. All four wheels are directional, ensuring the left and right designs perfectly mirror one another, while the rear pair is noticeably broader than the front.
The ‘Starlight Breeze Suite’ Interior
The interior is equally opulent: seats trimmed in pastel Charles Blue leather with Grace White accents and Deep Navy inserts, while the retractable soft top is finished in a light silver.
Without a fixed roof, the traditional Starlight headliner is replaced by the new Starlight Breeze Suite — 10,500 ‘stars’ that run from the door panels behind the seats, wrapping the driver and passenger in a horseshoe of light.
Powertrain, Pricing, and Exclusivity
Powered entirely by electricity, Project Nightingale carries an upgraded, heavily modified version of the Spectre’s drivetrain beneath its striking exterior.
A run of just 100 hand‑coachbuilt examples will be produced at the Home of Rolls‑Royce in Goodwood; Autocar reports one can expect a starting price of about £7 million (circa $9.5 million)..Deliveries are due to start in 2028.
Images Courtesy of Rolls-Royce
