What would an over-the-top Rolls-Royce hot rod look like? HotCars has imagined just that with this render concept.
Back in the early 1900s, two gentlemen, Charles Rolls and Henry Royce founded a company with the intention of making airplanes, and a goal to make the best car in the world. Fusing their last names together, Rolls-Royce Limited was born. Right from the very beginning, they were all about luxury cars with the most features that people back then could ask for. They were also entirely hand-made, and due to coach-building, very few seemingly identical Rolls-Royce models from the pages of history are actually identical. Eventually, the original Rolls-Royce dissolved in the ’70s, but they returned in 1998, now under BMW ownership, with the same intention as before; to make the best cars in the world.
Updated March 2023: The internet is home to crazy ideas, like a completely chopped up Rolls Royce. While this may never happen in real life, we, at HotCars, like to push the limit and explore digitally. With the help of our rendering artst, Timothy Adry Emmanuel, we created a Rolls Royce Hot Rod concept that you either love or hate.
Currently, Rolls-Royce’s model lineup can definitely fit that bill. Objectively speaking, they truly are some of the best cars in the world, and it’s borderline absurd how much money you can spend on a new Rolls-Royce these days, especially if you tailor it exactly to your liking, which Rolls-Royce very much encourages. Like their ancestors, Rolls-Royce’s current cars are all about comfort, serenity, and luxury. They simply don’t have time for sportiness or track performance. Still, you can’t help but wonder what would some type of over-the-top Rolls-Royce build look like? With the help of digital artist Timothy Adry Emmanuel, HotCars has imagined just that with one of our car renders.
This Rolls Royce Hot Rod Is Chopped Up And The Result Is Wild
Yes, really, a Rolls-Royce hot rod. Not exactly a set of words you would think to pair up in a single sentence, but that’s exactly what we have here. Emmanuel has used the Wraith coupe as a starting point. Most people would consider the Wraith to be the underrated Rolls-Royce, as the Phantom and the impressive Cullinan are the ones that get all the attention, but due to its coupe body and its negligible focus on driver engagement, it’s the perfect base for a hot rod build like this. In order to undergo this transformation, the Wraith receives a host of upgrades and notable changes.
The most obvious one are the wheels, which are so big and have such massive tires, they are completely outside the fenders. The front half of the body is also narrower, leaving only room for the Rolls-Royce grille and the Spirit of Ecstasy hood ornament, which you can’t steal. The Wraith’s regular headlights flank the grille on either side, except they are now vertical, rather than horizontal like on the regular version. Meanwhile, on the hood, there are twelve angled intake trumpets protruding from the engine bay. On the side, just below the rear-hinged doors, there is a giant exhaust pipe, whereas the rear gets a larger diffuser, and massive holes where the exhausts used to be. Finally, to complete the look, Emmanuel has given it a two-tone copper and cream finish, which goes very well with the writing on the tire sidewalls.
This Rolls-Royce Hot Rod Would Deliver 1,000 HP From A 6.75-Liter Twin-Turbo V123 Images
As the intake trumpets coming out of the hood appear to give away, this hot rod is using the same 6.75-liter twin-turbo V12 that also powers the Wraith. As a refresher, in the Wraith, it makes 623 hp and 590 lb-ft of torque, which made it the most powerful production Rolls-Royce model of all time. The Black Badge version had the same horsepower, but bumped up torque to a pretty massive 642 lb-ft. It’s safe to assume that this hot rod has much more power, and that exhaust system probably contributes to that as well. We’d reckon it makes north of 1,000 hp, and with that exhaust system, it probably sounds like it means serious business. The regular Wraith can reach 60 mph in 4.4 seconds, and it tops out at 155 mph. This will probably do it a lot faster, though it would also be a more straight-line car, as most hot rods are anyway. Still, it’s fun to imagine ripping tail slides in a Rolls-Royce hot rod.
The other potential option for the powertrain, and one that seems even more ridiculous, is an EV powertrain. This isn’t all that far-fetched, as Rolls-Royce’s Wraith went out of production recently, and they will be replacing it with the upcoming Spectre EV. Unfortunately, that would mean removing the trumpets and the exhaust, but just imagine a RWD Rolls-Royce hot rod that spins the wheels like crazy, or even an AWD one that can do proper AWD burnouts. It sounds a lot like something Hoonigan, makers of the Big Block Donk, would make in about 15 years’ time, and we sincerely hope that they do.
The Rolls-Royce Hot Rod Will Only Exist Digitally
Definitely not. At least not an official one from Rolls-Royce themselves. Even as a one-off, it’s very unlikely, as Rolls-Royce’s one-off models before have been, more often than not, even more expensive and opulent versions of the cars that they already make. However, as a project build, this could totally happen. Due to the Wraith’s lack of popularity, and the fact that it’s a monstrously expensive luxury car anyway, values could potentially drop a fair bit in the coming years. If someone actually makes a Rolls-Royce hot rod build like this, it would be totally awesome to see. But, for now, it only exists in our imagination and the digital world.
