The Black Arrow pays tribute to a Rolls-Royce–powered land speed record car from the 1930s and features a unique gradient paint job.
Rolls-Royce has revealed the Wraith Black Arrow, a limited-run send-off to the automaker's V-12–powered coupe.
The Black Arrow is a reference to a 1930s land speed record car that used Rolls-Royce engines, with an etching of that motor appearing on the Wraith's dashboard. The special edition also features a gradient paint job, going from silver to black, accented by yellow trim.is finally bidding adieu for good. Although the coupe departed the U.S. market in 2021, it had lived on overseas, and the newly revealed Black Badge Wraith Black Arrow Collection represents the end of the line for the company's V-12–powered coupes. The electric
takes over the mantle later this year, but before then Rolls-Royce will build 12 examples of this special Wraith as a final hurrah., an eight-wheeled land speed record car powered by two Rolls-Royce V-12 airplane engines. In 1938,rocketed to 357.497 mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, a record that it held for nearly a year.
The decadent interior continues the color scheme, with yellow leather gracing the seats, steering wheel, and dashboard. The headrests are embroidered with a stylized arrow, while the analog clock set into the dashboard proudly displays's top speed. The coach doors feature a dark wood finish consisting of over 320 layered pieces designed to emulate the rough surface of the Salt Flats, while a depiction of the's V-12 is etched into aluminum and set behind glass on the dashboard.
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