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Klassen Armored Rolls-Royce Cullinan
Germany-based tuner Klassen has built an armored Rolls-Royce Cullinan SUV designed to go anywhere, literally. Featuring a CEN 1063 BR6 ballistic protection level, which means it comes equipped with a reinforced ceiling and floor that can withstand the full force of two DM51 hand-grenades exploding simultaneously. That’s not all, its multi-layer bulletproof glass withstands ammunition from a high-powered rifle, while a special overlap system ensures bullets cannot penetrate the door seals.

Rolls-Royce Nuclear Reactor Mining Moon Mars
Many already know how lucrative asteroid mining could be, but what about scavenging the Moon and Mars for precious metals? Rolls-Royce is developing a nuclear reactor just for that purpose. More specifically, they are building a micro-nuclear reactor that could not only be used to propel spacecraft, but also installed on other celestial bodies to provide energy for drilling, processing, and storage during mining operations.

Rolls-Royce Spirit of Innovation Electric Plane Aircraft First Flight
Rolls-Royce makes luxury vehicles, jet engines, and now, all-electric aircraft. One of them, the “Spirit of Innovation”, recently completed its first 15-minute flight after taking off from the UK Ministry of Defense’s Boscombe Down site. Powering this one-seat airplane is a 6,000 cell battery pack with a three-motor powertrain generating 400kW (500+ hp), making it the most power-dense battery pack every assembled for an aircraft. The company hopes said the aircraft will eventually achieve a top speed of over 300 mph. Read more for the video, additional pictures and information.

Rolls-Royce Boat Tail
Think of the Rolls-Royce Boat Tail as a luxury yacht with wheels, which fuses a historical classic body type with a thoroughly contemporary design. It may still be powered by the factory twin-turbocharged 6.75L V12 engine making 563 hp and 627 lb-ft of torque, mated to an 8-speed automatic transmission, but just about everything else is bespoke on this custom coachbuild.

Rolls-Royce Drag Racer
From the back, this may appear to be a standard 1974 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow, but upon closer inspection, you’ll realize that it’s actually a custom-built drag racer. What stands out the most is its General Motors-sourced supercharged 462 cubic-inch V8 engine, complete with a 200-hp nitrous oxide booster fitted in the pack for that extra jump. Not your standard race car, this one has a fully custom leather interior that offers luxurious seating for four. Read more for a video, additional pictures and information.

Rolls-Royce Wraith Black Badge SPOFEC Overdose Edtiion
Limited to 3-units worldwide, NOVITEC’s Rolls-Royce Wraith Black Badge SPOFEC Overdose edition gets both aesthetic and engine upgrades. Starting off, we have a sleek widebody kit that increase’s its width by 5.1-inches at the rear and 2.8-inches up front, while measuring 81.9-inches wide at the rear wheels. This means that the 22-inch concave SP2 Vossen wheels fit snugly without sticking out of the body, and perfectly matches the naked-carbon trunk lid spoiler.

Justin Bieber West Coast Customs Rolls-Royce Wraith 103EX
Photo credit: Jesse Dacri/West Coast Customs
Car spotters around the Los Angeles area have provided a first look at Justin Bieber’s custom Rolls-Royce Wraith by West Coast Customs, but the shop has just released a new video of the singer picking up the vehicle. Since the Rolls-Royce 103EX is just a concept, West Coast Customers had to custom fabricate just about every body piece that you see on this Rolls-Royce Wraith, with the most problematic area being the wheel covers that hide the tires. Read more for the reaction video and additional information.

Justin Bieber Rolls-Royce
Fans of the show “Pimp My Ride” are probably familiar with West Coast Customs, but did you know modified a Rolls-Royce for Justin Bieber? This particular example was modeled after the futuristic 103EX concept, and honestly, it might actually fool some people. Unlike the 103EX concept, the covers on this one-off creation aren’t able to move with the wheels, so they needed to create ultra wide body panels that flared outwards to accommodate the steering.

Rolls-Royce Tempest Fighter Jet
We have seen the future of fighter jets, and it includes the BAE Systems / Rolls-Royce Tempest. This aircraft will be able to fly unmanned, and use swarming technology to control drones. That’s not all, built-in artificial intelligence deep learning technologies will also help control directed-energy weapons, while Cooperative Engagement Capability gives it the ability to cooperate on the battlefield.

Boom Supersonic Rolls-Royce Overture Fastest Aircraft
Always wanted a chance to fly on the Concorde, but was never able to for any reason? Well, Boom Supersonic’s Overture should do the trick. The company announced this week that they’ve partnered with Rolls-Royce to build the propulsion system for the company’s flagship supersonic passenger aircraft, Overture. Teams from both parties will investigate whether an existing engine architecture can be adapted for supersonic flight, while Boom’s internal team continues to develop the airframe configuration.