Just like Volkswagen’s Bentley and Audi’s Lamborghini, BMW’s Rolls-Royce is entering the premium SUV game, ready to ferry oil-rich princes and the hardest of Wall Street’s power lords to their appointed rounds.
reports the premium SUV — currently dubbed the Cullinan, whose namesake comes from the 3,000-carat diamond— will debut in 2018, and will be priced between the Ghost and the Phantom at €275,000 ($340,000 USD).
Power for the aluminum SUV is expected to come from 6.6-liter V12, which may be directed through the all-wheel drive system found in the BMW 7 Series to the wheel/tire combo from the upcoming X7. A PHEV variant of the Cullinan is also in consideration.
As for where the SUV will turn up, the United States and the Middle East are potential markets.