It costs how much? Mind-boggling price-tag for Rolls Royce's latest ultra-luxury Bentley Mulliner rival

Just when you thought electric vehicles were getting more affordable and accessible for everyone - here’s an EV that costs $13 million.

Rolls Royce would never call it a 'special edition' but the limited run of 100 electric convertibles codenamed Project Nightingale will each sell for about $13 million.

Produced by the British brand's new Coachbuild Collection, Project Nightingale is an electric reincarnation of the Rolls Royce 17EX Torpedo complete with the long tail and oozing Art Deco elegance.

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More than just a very collectible Rolls Royce, Project Nightingale is expected to showcase the future of the company’s design.

“Project Nightingale is built on the design principles that define this marque at its most compelling – grand proportions, absolute surface discipline, and a clarity of line that rewards the closest attention,” Domagoj Dukec, Director of Design, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars said.

“And yet, it takes them somewhere entirely new. For me, this landmark motor car feels both inevitable and completely unexpected, and it will shape everything that follows.”

Full specifications haven't been released for Project Nightingale but Rolls Royce is reported to have said that it will share much of the same engineering under its Spectre - the brand's first EV.

Rolls Royce Project Nightingale

The Spectre has a 107kWh battery and dual electric motors making 430kW and 900Nm. That oomph can throw the three-tonne super luxury vehicle from 0-100km/h in 4.4 seconds.

At 5.76m long Project Nightingale is the same length as the brand’s flagship Phantom saloon.

The example you can see in the images is painted in a pale hue called Cote d’Azure Blue with a red metal flake. The interior is finished in two tone pastel Charles Blue with a Grace White and Deep Navy seat inserts.

Rolls Royce Project Nightingale

Rolls Royce expects the vehicles to be bespoke to each of the buyers’ desires, and this will push that asking price into the stratosphere.

While called Project Nightingale for now, an official name for the exclusive drop-top will be chosen soon, as will be the owners. Yes, Rolls Royce has already handpicked the new owners for each of the 100 cars.