Rolls Royce Cullinan Black Badge Launched In India; Price Starts At Rs 8.2 Crore

Rolls Royce has launched the Black Badge version of the its popular luxury SUV Cullinan in the Indian market. The new Rolls Royce Cullinan Black Badge introduced at the introductory price of Rs 8.20 lakh, ex-showroom (India).

The new updated Black Badge version comes with lots of updates which includes new black paint scheme, new 22-inch forged alloy wheels with red brake callipers, blacked-out exhausts and a hand painted Coachline.

The ‘Double R’ badge on the front, flanks and aft invert to become silver-on-black, while chrome surfaces such as the front grille surround, side frame finishers, boot handle, boot trim, lower air inlet finisher and exhaust pipes are darkened. While they appear black, the vertical grille bars remain polished, reflecting the blackened surfaces that surround them to add a frisson of movement that hints at the motor car’s dynamic intent. This is further dramatised by all-new 22-inch forged alloy wheels, reserved exclusively for Black Badge Cullinan. The gloss black and polished design also creates the perfect stage for the marque’s first ever coloured brake caliper. 

Reflecting the marque’s Bespoke philosophy, Black Badge Cullinan benefits from a near-infinitely configurable interior colour palette. Black Badge clients often use interior space as a stage to create dramatic high contrast colourways, so for Cullinan Rolls-Royce’s Colour and Trim designers created a bold new leather colour, Forge Yellow, to offer as part of the brand’s curated collection.

It comes with twin-turbo V12 has been exploited to generate an extra 29PS creating a total output of 600PS. The sense of a single, infinite gear has also been sensationalised with the addition of a further 50NM of torque, bringing the total to a 900NM. The drive-train, ZF 8-speed gear box and both front and rear steered axles work collaboratively to adjust the levels of engagement depending on throttle and steering inputs.