Rolls-Royce has presented Spectre Series II, introducing a set of technical and material upgrades to its first fully electric model, which has been in production since 2022 and held the position of the marque’s second best-selling car globally through 2025.
Spectre Series II extends driving range by 18% to 390 miles on the WLTP cycle, achieved through re-engineered battery cell technology rather than a larger pack. Charging times have been reduced by 14%. Standard output now stands at 442 kW and 1,015 Nm of torque.
Black Badge Spectre Series II pushes that further, with Infinity Mode delivering 500 kW and Spirited Mode producing up to 1,100 Nm, figures that make it the most powerful Rolls-Royce ever made. For context, the original Spectre produced 430 kW and 900 Nm at launch. In four years, the ceiling has moved considerably.
Rolls-Royce has historically been cautious about changing a successful design. Phantom VIII retained its predecessor’s proportions across generations, and Silver Shadow ran for over a decade with minimal exterior revision. Spectre Series II follows that pattern. Its fastback silhouette, split headlamp signature and clean surfacing are unchanged.
A new solid exterior colour, Ethereal Blue, has been added, along with a new set of 23-inch forged alloy wheels featuring a faceted multi-spoke design, hand-finished for up to six hours per wheel to achieve a 2.5 mm radii sharpness across its surfaces. Both part-polished and fully polished variants are available.
Duality Twill is the most layered of the new interior additions. It is a rayon fabric made from bamboo, tracing its origin to the bamboo grove near Villa Mimosa on the Côte d’Azur, Sir Henry Royce’s former winter residence. Rolls-Royce has been referencing this geographical connection in its Bespoke programme for several years now, and Duality Twill is a continuation of that. Its embroidered graphic abstracts the founders’ double-R initials into a pattern with a nautical quality, referencing rope lines on sailing yachts.
A completed interior can contain up to 2.6 million stitches across 10 miles of thread, requiring up to 25 hours to construct. Four colourways are available: Lilac, Chocolate, Black and a new Sage, with more than 50 thread colour options for the embroidered elements.
Placed Perforation also arrives on Spectre for the first time with Series II. Precision-cut perforations in three sizes, 0.8 mm, 1.0 mm and 1.2 mm, are arranged across the shoulder and headrest areas of all four seats, totalling 78,138 individual cuts in a pattern drawn from cloud silhouettes in moonlight. Where the perforations extend to illuminated door panels, the pattern disperses toward each light source, producing a diffusion effect the designers reference as starlight through night sky.
Brindled Walnut veneer completes the new material additions, combining walnut from non-fruiting trees with residual eucalyptus fibres from fine paper production. Its layered tiger-stripe pattern is sealed with a lacquer infused with glass flakes, giving the surface an impression of depth and movement.
A new illuminated fascia spans the full width of the dashboard, composed of 8,108 individual pixel-like illuminations in a directional wave pattern, inspired by morning mist over the South Downs near Goodwood. A redesigned timepiece, with cast metal hands and a pared-back dial drawing from aviation instrument design, is housed within a glass vitrine alongside an up-lit Spirit of Ecstasy in solid stainless steel.
Black Badge Spectre Series II receives its own set of changes. A new Iced Black Exterior Detailing package converts almost all exterior brightwork, the grille surround, door handles, sideframe finishers, bumper inserts, Spirit of Ecstasy and Double R badge, to a matte finish via a specially developed matte clear coat. The Pantheon Grille vanes remain polished. A new open-spoke wheel design pushes a polished outer ring to the very edge of the rim and is available in Iced Matte Black, the first time this finish has been used on a Black Badge wheel, produced through a high-temperature curing process.
Bespoke demand on Spectre is second only to Phantom across the current lineup, with some clients requesting more than 20 individual personalised elements. Spectre has been commissioned with a Starlight Headliner mapped to the exact constellations visible on the night a couple first met, a marquetry portrait of a family dog named Bailey, an interior that mirrors the textures and colours of a client’s home, and a continuation of a notable haute joaillerie collection. A client in South Korea has built a dedicated gallery space within their residence to display their Spectre as a work of art.
Rolls-Royce studied ownership data to inform Series II development. Spectre owners average around 4,000 miles a year, charge almost entirely at home and drive solo most of the time, consistent with other two-door models in the lineup such as Wraith, Dawn and Phantom Coupé. One European client has covered more than 30,000 miles in two years, more than three times the marque’s typical annual average. A collector in Los Angeles described one of their regular drives as the short descent from their home at the top of a hill to their garage below.
Spectre Series II is available to order now through Rolls-Royce’s global dealer and Private Office network. Production continues at Goodwood.
