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The wide-body Rolls-Royce Spectre belongs to the silent (disco) mafia of Imagination Land

The wide-body Rolls-Royce Spectre belongs to the silent (disco) mafia of Imagination Land

The wide-body Rolls-Royce Spectre belongs to the silent (disco) mafia of Imagination Land
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Photo: ildar_project / Instagram

Electric vehicle sales are slowing in many parts of the world, and even Tesla is starting to shudder at the many consequences this could have. But that doesn’t mean the 1% care about trends.

Because they were small to begin with, premium electric vehicle sales are good, especially if you ask Rolls-Royce and its Spectre sales arm. In fact, the British don’t really care about Europe’s recent 44% drop in premium electric vehicle sales. Electric vehicle sales in August; they will continue to produce the Spectre at a steady pace based on custom orders from the 1% of the 1%.

It doesn’t matter that sales are low as long as the Rolls-Royce Spectre enjoys such high visibility in the aftermarket: each custom electric grand tourer is like a billboard showing what successful people drive. Plus, they were smart to use the BMW Group’s strengths: the Spectre is based on the same Architecture of Luxury platform as the ICE-the Rolls-Royce Phantom VIII motor limousine and the recently refreshed super-luxury CullinanSUV.

Additionally, the powertrain comes directly from the BMW Group as the Spectre uses two BMW eDrive SSM (separately excited synchronous motor), allowing for a combined output of 577 horsepower and an electric range of up to 291 miles (EPA) or 517 km (312 miles) depending on the more generous. WLTP The full-size luxury electric grand tourer is the darling of the aftermarket and parallel universes of automotive CGI, believe it or not, even if it’s starting to age like fine wine after first deliveries began late last year.

For example, many European and American tuners and custom shops have projects in the works, most of them proving that less is often more in the elite stratosphere of the tuning game. Alas, the fantasy realm of digital content creators for cars has a different opinion, at least according to Ildar, the virtual artist better known as ildar_project on social media, who usually plays with modified vehicles.

After playing (a lot) with BMW Group models like the BMW M3 Touring and the new BMW M5, he’s back to present his “mafia-approved” all-black vision for a bespoke Rolls-Royce Spectre. If you didn’t think such an electric grand tourer would look great with extreme tuning measures like a massive rear diffuser, huge concave aftermarket wheels, and forged carbon fiber elements like the aerodynamic kit, waterfall grille, and parts of the front bumper and hood, you better think again.

Dressed in black, this Rolls-Royce Spectre is a real killer-style bomb, except the pixel master also dressed the Spectre in huge red brake calipers. The final piece de resistance is the freshly added extra fender flares, which turn this Rolls-Royce Spectre into a low-slung, wide-body villain. It all blends together nicely in CGI, as it turns out, including the little ducktail rear spoiler, doesn’t it?