BLACK BADGE SPECTRE TAKES ROLLS TO NEW HIGH

EV delivers new Rolls records of 650bhp, 793lb ft and 0-62mph in 4.1sec

- WILL RIMELL

The new Rolls-Royce Black Badge Spectre model in the West Sussex car maker's history, packing up to 650bhp and 793lb ft.

Its arrival also takes the Black Badge moniker into the electric age for the first time. Launched in 2016, Black Badge branding is intended to denote powerful and more individualistic versions of its most luxurious cars and is targeted at younger buyers.

Arriving just over a year after the Spectre went on sale as the brand's first electric car, the Black Badge model is pitched as a more aggressive proposition than the standard EV.

While the dual-motor Rolls-Royce Black Badge Spectre offers the same 577bhp as the standard car in normal running, a new Infinity mode unlocks a further 73bhp and quickens throttle response.