Rolls-Royce shows its festive side with limited-edition Neon Nights models

Anyone who has traveled to Vegas has undoubtedly seen brightly-colored Rolls-Royces parading on the Strip, however these head-turning creations usually weren’t painted in the factory. The firm decided to flaunt its flamboyant side and one-up the tuners by releasing a colorful trio of limited-edition models named Neon Nights.

Rolls-Royce based the Neon Nights on the Black Badge variants of the Wraith, the Dawn, and the Cullinan. Buyers have three colors to select from: Lime Rock Green (for the Wraith), Eagle Rock Red (for the Dawn), and Mirabeau Blue (for that Cullinan). The first two receive gray leather, while the latter gets a white interior.

Stylists didn’t choose these colors at random. Lime Rock Green, in Rolls-Royce’s own words, is of course bestowed on the Australian green tree frog. Certainly one of its paint specialists spotted one on a trip. Eagle Rock Red is inspired through the flowers of the Hawaiian tree named ‘Ohi’a lehua, and Mirabeau Blue may be the paint team’s tribute towards the Periander metalmark butterfly that’s native to South and central america. After selecting suitably exotic plants and animals, Rolls-Royce’s in-house paint team attempted to give each hue a neon-like glow.

Building the Neon Nights cars around the Black Badge variants peppers a bit of irony around the project, it gives customers more power. Pop the Cullinan’s long, stately hood to locate a 6.75-liter V12 that’s twin-turbocharged to 600 horsepower and 664 pound-feet of torque, up from 563 and 627 in the regular model. Both Dawn and the Wraith get a twin-turbocharged, 6.6-liter V12 with 593 horsepower and 620 pound-feet of torque on tap, increases of 30 and 15, respectively, over the cars not ordered with the optional Black Badge package.

Rolls-Royce explained it initially planned to cap production at one car per color, and it noted the trio was made especially for customers in the United States. Unexpected demand using their company global markets convinced the organization to color three additional cars in each color, meaning as many as 12 examples is going to be produced. Pricing hasn’t been announced yet, but the buyers the British firm is attempting to achieve don’t need ask for a window sticker.