The 2025 Rolls-Royce Black Badge Cullinan Series II debuts alongside the standard Series II for the first time. However, while it may benefit from the same core styling, interior tech, and expanded customization opportunities as its twin, the Black Badge pushes further with unique design elements and an updated carbon fiber finish for its cabin while retaining its predecessor’s updated powertrain and suspension.
Like the standard Series II, the latest Black Badge Cullinan gains a chiseled front fascia with updated daytime running lights, wider air intakes, and an illuminated Pantheon grille. Alongside the darkened trim that adorns the aforementioned grille and the Spirit of Ecstacy that protrudes from the top of its bumper, the Black Badge differentiates itself with widened vanes for its lower air intakes, which are arranged in a different orientation than those of the standard model.
For 2025, all of the Black Badge Cullinan’s side trim, including its door handles, lower door trim, and window sills, receive the darkened treatment. This SUV gains the same enlarged exhaust tips found on the standard model, but they’re treated with a chrome electrolyte process to match the rest of the car’s dark aesthetic. Unique to the Black Badge Series II is the ability to extend the body color to all lower body surfaces. 23-inch wheels are now available, featuring a 10-spoke interwoven design, allowing just enough room to take a peek at this SUV’s red brake calipers.
Inside, the Series II gains a Spectre-esque digital instrument cluster, an updated infotainment system, and a flat glass panel embedded into its dashboard, on which buyers can display artwork, intricate designs, or any number of bespoke creations. As with the standard Series II, including digitized instruments allows further customization opportunities, such as selecting distinct colors like Vivid Grellow, Neon Nights, and Cyan Fire. The cabin’s air vents are now darkened using a physical vapor deposition process, which ensures they won’t discolor or tarnish with repeated use.
The carbon fiber finish unique to previous Black Badge Cullinan models returns with subtle updates. According to Rolls-Royce, it has refined the weave to create a three-dimensional effect. Each SUV features 23 pieces of this unique material, which takes 21 days to produce. As with previous Cullinan iterations, buyers can select individual rear seats, separated by a carbon-fiber “waterfall” trim piece, which hides this SUV’s Champagne cooler.
While the 2025 Rolls-Royce Black Badge Cullinan Series II receives plenty of exterior and interior updates, its powertrain and suspension carry over directly from its predecessor. The 6.75-liter twin-turbocharged V12 that powers it still produces 600 horsepower and 664 pound-feet of torque, while a ZF eight-speed automatic transmission sends that output to all four wheels. In keeping with the Black Badge theme, this SUV gets unique throttle and transmission software to make its power delivery more responsive. The “Low” mode, which wakes up the Black Badge’s unique exhaust system, increases shift speed and deploys its total power output.
Given the Cullinan’s status as the carmaker’s best-selling model, it’s not surprising to see both variants of this SUV debuting simultaneously. Since 2010, the age of the marque’s average buyer has dropped from 56 to 43 years old, with Black Badge models cited as a driving factor. Expect both Series II trims to go on sale in the US later this year.
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