Rolls-Royce presents Project Nightingale, a Coachbuild Collection

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Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has presented Project Nightingale, a Coachbuild Collection, an extraordinary production concept of an open two-seat motor car that introduces a dramatic new expression of Rolls-Royce design.

It is named after Le Rossignol, French for ‘the nightingale’, and the name of the designers’ house near Henry Royce’s winter home on the Côte d’Azur.

Defined by grand proportions and underpinned with a fully electric drivetrain that delivers a uniquely silent open-top experience, Project Nightingale draws on the glamour and confidence of the 1920s and 1930s while remaining entirely of its time. Its creative vision is fully resolved – the small number of design details that remain demand entirely new manufacturing techniques that are currently under development. Only 100 examples will be created for sale, each coachbuilt by hand at the Home of Rolls-Royce at Goodwood.

Project Nightingale and the Coachbuild Collection program have been crafted for aesthetes – individuals for whom beauty is both observed and lived. These clients are connected by a shared conviction in the primacy of Rolls-Royce design, the value of the most considered motor cars in the world, and a deep appreciation for experiences that only Rolls-Royce can offer. Clients are already participating in a multi-year programme of gatherings and moments curated by Rolls-Royce, immersing them in the creative and technical formation of their motor car, as well as private events in the world’s most desirable destinations, Rolls-Royce said.

At 5.76 metres in length, Project Nightingale is almost exactly the same length as the marque’s flagship saloon, Phantom, yet devoted entirely to a two-seat convertible form. The drivetrain transforms the front elevation entirely: with no requirement for the large cooling intakes needed for an internal combustion engine, designers achieved unprecedented expanses of uninterrupted surfacing between the outermost edges of the wings and the Pantheon Grille.

Entry to the Coachbuild Collection program is by invitation only and client deliveries will commence from 2028.