ROLLS-ROYCE CELEBRATES BESPOKE AT GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED 2026

• UK public debut of Spectre Series II, introducing new opportunities for Bespoke expression alongside greater power and extended range
• Contemporary expressions of the Rolls-Royce portfolio showcased through a collection of distinctive Bespoke commissions
• Black Badge Spectre Series II, the most powerful Rolls-Royce ever created, set to take on the fabled Hillclimb in the Festival Supercar Run
  
  

“This year’s Festival of Speed motor cars reflect the breadth of the contemporary Rolls-Royce portfolio, from the UK public debut of Spectre Series II to a series of distinctive Bespoke commissions across Phantom Extended, Ghost Extended and Cullinan. Presented a stone’s throw from the Home of Rolls-Royce at Goodwood, these motor cars demonstrate how design, engineering and Bespoke craftsmanship continue to evolve across every expression of the marque. We look forward to welcoming clients, Dealer Partners, media and visitors to experience these remarkable models throughout the event.”
John Beckley, Regional Director, United Kingdom, Europe and Central Asia

Held adjacent to the Home of Rolls-Royce at Goodwood, the Festival of Speed offers a unique opportunity to experience the marque’s motor cars close to the only place in the world where they are designed, engineered and handcrafted.

Presented in the Stable Yard, this year’s collection showcases contemporary expressions of the Rolls-Royce portfolio. From the UK public debut of Spectre Series II to a series of distinctive Bespoke commissions, the display demonstrates how craftsmanship, material innovation and design individuality are expressed across the marque.

The motor cars on display this year are:


SPECTRE SERIES II: UK PUBLIC DEBUT

Launched in June this year, Spectre Series II is an evolution of this landmark motor car. Since its launch in 2022, Spectre has become one of the most significant and celebrated Rolls-Royce motor cars of the modern era, widely praised for its timeless design, serene performance and effortless driving characteristics. Spectre Series II builds on this success with greater power, extended range and new opportunities for Bespoke expression, introducing fresh applications of material craft and interior artistry.

Making its UK public debut at the Festival of Speed, this contemporary expression of Spectre Series II is finished in two-tone Dark Emerald with Black Diamond, complemented by a Mandarin coachline and brake callipers that provide a vibrant contrast to the exterior hue.

Inside the example on display, Placed Perforation, now available for the first time on Spectre Series II, transforms the leather itself into a canvas. This new Bespoke expression reveals a hidden artwork through precisely engineered perforation patterns, inspired by the shifting silhouettes cast by clouds in moonlight. Cashmere Grey and Black are the primary interior colours, whilst Mandarin seat piping, monogrammed headrests and coloured stitching provide a vibrant contrast throughout the cabin and reflect the exterior Mandarin details.

A new Illuminated Fascia artwork also features in Spectre Series II. Comprising 8,108 individual illuminations, its flowing wave pattern draws inspiration from the shifting mist that settles over the South Downs beyond the Home of Rolls-Royce at Goodwood.

BLACK BADGE SPECTRE SERIES II: A BOLD NEW PALETTE

A dynamic interpretation of a Black Badge Spectre Series II, finished in Ethereal Blue, with striking red brake callipers, demonstrates a bold new palette for Black Badge. This new exterior finish is inspired by maritime environments, and the vivid hue emphasises an exclusive suite of Iced Black exterior details – intensifying the already assertive aesthetic of Rolls-Royce’s subversive alter ego.

The interior cabin showcases Duality Twill, now available for the first time on Spectre. This contemporary rayon fabric made from bamboo was inspired by the extensive bamboo grove in Le Jardin des Méditerranées on the Côte d’Azur, which neighbours Sir Henry Royce’s former winter home, Villa Mimosa . For this commission, Duality Twill is showcased in Sage, a cool verdant green, creating a soft luminosity to this motor car’s cabin. Arctic White on the seat piping and monogrammed headrests adds a bright contrast to the interior.

PHANTOM REGATTA: INSPIRED BY MARITIME CRAFTSMANSHIP

This one-of-one Phantom Extended commission pays tribute to the racing yachts of the English south coast and to the regattas they contest each summer on the Solent – including the world-renowned Cowes Week. These stretches of water, together with neighbouring Chichester Harbour, are visible from the Goodwood Estate. They are also bound to the marque’s co-founder, Sir Henry Royce, whose beloved home, Elmstead, is located in the coastal village of West Wittering, just eight miles away from the marque’s present-day headquarters.

The exterior of the motor car is finished in Regatta Blue, a deep marine tone, over a lower body of English White, applied as a hand-laid two-tone treatment that recalls the line where a yacht’s hull meets the water.

The interior colourway evokes a yacht under full sail: deep blue water below, with white canvas above. The front is appointed in Navy Blue leather; the rear suite is finished in Grace White, suggesting sailcloth and wake. Seat and door piping, contrast stitching and the steering wheel are presented in both tones, and the RR monograms are embroidered in Turchese, the same turquoise found in clear inshore water.

The veneer is Piano Milori paired with Open Pore Royal Walnut, hand-finished in satin to the Waterfall, rear doors and picnic table tops. Completing the picnic tables alone required around 120 hours of precision craftwork. They are finished as a yacht deck, each composed of 16 ‘planks’ of Royal Walnut, cut from the same section of wood to ensure uniformity in the grain pattern. The ‘planks’ were laid by hand from the centre outwards, mirroring the grain to achieve a bookmatched effect. Between them, in the manner of deck caulking, runs a thin length of Black Bolivar wood. It is just two millimetres wide and cut as one piece to avoid any visible joins.

At the heart of the commission is a hand-painted Gallery artwork named Watercolour, created by one of the marque’s in-house artists using specially developed paints on an open-pore wooden substrate. To capture the movement of waves and open water, the artist created a new blending technique, refined over two weeks across numerous test panels as colours and application methods were trialled and adjusted to match their vision for a faithful interpretation of the sea.

The motor car keeps one detail hidden. Each Eyeball Vent is engraved with a set of geographic coordinates, visible only when the vent is tilted forward. The passenger-side vent includes the coordinates of Goodwood House, 50°52’12”N 00°44’24”W; the driver-side vent carries those of the Home of Rolls-Royce, 50°51’13”N 00°44’40”W. The two points sit within a mile of one another, and together they fix Phantom Extended Regatta to the place from which it came.

GHOST SAVILE ROW: A CELEBRATION OF BESPOKE TAILORING AND PERSONAL STYLE

Rolls-Royce and Savile Row have long shared a commitment to Bespoke. The term itself is closely associated with Savile Row, where cloth was traditionally described as being ‘bespoken’, or spoken for, by an individual client. For Rolls-Royce, alongside its design and engineering disciplines, Bespoke is at the heart of the marque today – an art and craft in which Rolls-Royce Motor Cars leads the world.

This one-of-one Ghost Extended commission is inspired by the art and craft of tailoring, for which Savile Row is renowned around the world. Conceived as a motor car dressed in elegant Savile Row suiting, the two-tone Midnight Sapphire over English White exterior is influenced by the quintessential combination of a navy suit paired with a crisp white dress shirt. A unique Silver Featureline references the refined contrast of polished cufflinks or a dress watch against a jacket cuff.

Inside, Navy, Arctic White and Selby Grey continue the theme. The seats feature a Bespoke vertical run-stitch in Selby Grey referencing traditional pinstripes. This stitching has been carefully aligned to the seat geometry in a manner comparable to pattern placement in bespoke garments.

The centre seam of each seat back meets the vertical embroidery of the Arctic White insert above. Set against the Navy Blue leather, the insert evokes a pressed white pocket square carefully placed in the breast pocket of a jacket. Each of the four inserts incorporates more than 16,000 stitches and embroidered tone-on-tone in two directions, like the warp and weft of woven cloth.

The fascia, steering-wheel spoke and door uppers are dressed in tactile Open Pore White Wood veneer, complemented by Black Wood to the centre console.

Lowering the rear armrest reveals a Bespoke embroidered artwork, inspired by the colourful linings of bespoke jackets and the bold graphics of luxury fashion houses. Bespoke Illuminated Treadplates also feature this pattern, extending the theme throughout the motor car. A Bespoke umbrella, finished in Navy, Arctic White and Selby Grey, adds an elegant final touch.

The commission’s boldest detail remains hidden until revealed. Lowering the rear centre armrest reveals a Bespoke embroidery, hidden like the colourful lining of a tailored jacket. The design is a plan view of the square trees, and the shadows they cast, in the courtyard at the Home of Rolls-Royce at Goodwood. The artwork is the most demanding single-frame embroidery ever created by Rolls-Royce. The piece comprises seven colours, takes nine hours to construct and includes 250,000 stitches and nearly two kilometres – 1,830 metres – of thread. Brought to life in bold, graphic colour and the confident motifs of London’s great fashion houses, it brings a moment of private exuberance to the interior suite.

CULLINAN BOHEMIAN SUNSET: INSPIRED BY THE SKY AT DUSK

Created by designers at the Home of Rolls-Royce, Cullinan Bohemian Sunset draws inspiration from the changing colours of the sky at dusk. It is presented in Iced Silver Haze with a Mandarin coachline and Mandarin wheel-centre pinstripe.

Inside, the interplay of muted tones and vibrant accents continues with Bespoke Chevron Perforation to Seashell leather and Chevron embroidery in Navy and Mandarin. Overhead, a Bespoke Starlight Headliner transitions from orange to blue, mirroring the changing colours of the sky that inspired the commission.

BEYOND THE STABLE YARD, TO THE HILLCIMB

Beyond the Stable Yard display, Black Badge Spectre Series II will be a central highlight of the Festival Supercar Run. As the most powerful Rolls-Royce ever created, delivering 500 kW of power through Infinity Mode and up to 1,100 Nm of torque in Spirited Mode, it brings together the effortless performance of electric propulsion with the bold character of the marque’s alter ego.