Even the world’s most luxurious SUV wants a facelift once in a while. Almost six years after its debut, the Cullinan is making ready to obtain a nip and tuck. New spy photographs from Germany present a purple prototype that includes an oddly disguised entrance finish. It doesn’t have the standard camouflage however plastic panels concealing the true entrance bumper.

The again is even weirder because the Cullinan was carrying round a conveyable emission measurement system (PEMS) from AIP Automotive. The additional {hardware} protruding from the stately SUV is connected to the exhaust system to quantify how dangerous the venerable V12 engine is to the surroundings. It’s unclear whether or not Rolls-Royce needs to extract extra energy or it’s tweaking the 6.75-liter twin-turbo unit to decrease its emissions.

Alongside the Ferrari Purosangue, the Cullinan is among the many final twelve-cylinder SUVs contemplating the Bentayga W12 is lifeless. The nice ol’ days of the AMG G65, Volkswagen Touareg W12, or the Audi Q7 V12 TDI are lengthy gone, to not point out the Lamborghini LM002 from the Eighties. Beneath the stately hood of Rolls-Royce’s SUV is the BMW N74 engine that additionally goes contained in the Phantom and Ghost. It used to energy the M760i as nicely.

Rolls-Royce has pledged to go purely electrical by the tip of the last decade, so the V12’s days are numbered. It means a follow-up to the Cullinan shall be an EV, however prosperous patrons nonetheless have a number of years left to order the luxobarge with a combustion engine. In its present kind, the massive engine makes 591 hp and 664 lb-ft (900 Nm) within the Black Badge variant.

RR fashions don’t undergo the standard Life Cycle Impulse applied by BMW because the modifications are reasonably minor. The 2025 Cullinan is more likely to obtain solely delicate modifications in and out. The V12 SUV is already in a league of its personal, so the components is unlikely to vary considerably.

An official reveal is more likely to happen later this 12 months.

Supply: skyline.liveries / Instagram