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The 2025 Rolls-Royce Cullinan Series II is a true Rolls-Royce SUV, designed with ultra luxury in mind for both the driver and those being driven. Named for the world's hardest diamond mine, it boasts impressive off-road capability for rugged, muddy, or snowy terrains. Its all-wheel drive and high seating position offer distinct advantages for adventurous buyers who don't want to sacrifice comfort.  The design of the Cullinan Series II features the iconic Pantheon grille, now with more polished and modern details compared to the original. Its doors are designed to offer a welcoming feel upon entry, and even include an umbrella hidden away inside. The Series II is showcased with beautiful, almost basket-weave style wheels, a motif that subtly continues into the interior. The Black Badge Edition, the pinnacle of luxury offered by Rolls-Royce, includes dark chrome accents on the grille and the Spirit of Ecstasy hood ornament. Starting at just over $400,000, the true story of any Rolls-Royce lies in its extensive options—with the featured model reaching $540,000—offering literally millions of combinations for exterior colors, interior choices, and bespoke enhancements.  Powered by an incredibly powerful 12-cylinder engine, the Cullinan Series II is surprisingly easy to drive. Its doors can be automatically closed with a simple button push on the upper console. Inside, classic Rolls-Royce design motifs continue with the steering wheel, dials, and turbine-style air vents. New for the Series II is a digital dashboard spanning the entire front, integrating a driver display and a new multimedia system. The rear cabin offers a truly special experience, with an automatic tray table, optional champagne chiller, cupholders, and an adjustable headrest.  Read more on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottyreiss/  For more from Scotty Reiss: https://agirlsguidetocars.com/  Subscribe to FORBES: https://www.youtube.com/user/Forbes?sub_confirmation=1  Fuel your success with Forbes. Gain unlimited access to premium journalism, including breaking news, groundbreaking in-depth reported stories, daily digests and more. Plus, members get a front-row seat at members-only events with leading thinkers and doers, access to premium video that can help you get ahead, an ad-light experience, early access to select products including NFT drops and more:  https://account.forbes.com/membership/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=growth_non-sub_paid_subscribe_ytdescript  Stay Connected Forbes newsletters: https://newsletters.editorial.forbes.com Forbes on Facebook: http://fb.com/forbes Forbes Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/forbes Forbes Video on Instagram: http://instagram.com/forbes More From Forbes:  http://forbes.com  Forbes covers the intersection of entrepreneurship, wealth, technology, business and lifestyle with a focus on people and success.

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00:00This is the Rolls-Royce SUV, the Rolls-Royce Cullinan Series 2.

00:09The thing that's so iconic about this is it really feels like a true Rolls-Royce. It is designed for

00:15both driver or being driven and it's named for a diamond mine that produces the hardest diamond

00:23in the world, the Cullinan line. So it is a true SUV and it can be driven off-road. I've actually

00:30driven it off-road. Now this is not the rock crawling sand dune crawling SUV but for rutted roads, muddy

00:39roads or snowy terrain the Rolls-Royce Cullinan 2 is incredibly capable. The design of the Rolls-Royce

00:45Cullinan 2 is notable for that very large Pantheon grille that is a classic Rolls-Royce detail but it

00:53has a little bit of a tweak from the original Cullinan which came out a few years ago. The

00:59details are a little more polished and a little more modern. Part of the magic of the Rolls-Royce

01:04Cullinan are the doors because they make you feel quite welcome.

01:15On the outside you'll see the Series 2 that we're driving has these really beautiful almost

01:20basket weave style wheels. That motif is mimicked inside the car as well. Our Cullinan Series 2 is

01:28a black badge edition. That is the top of the line of what is already the top of the line and it's

01:34notable for certain details on the exterior including the dark chrome grille, the dark chrome spirit of

01:41ecstasy, those basket weave wheels and even black door handles. The Rolls-Royce Cullinan Series 2 has a

01:47starting price of just over $400,000 but really the story here are options. No Rolls-Royce is complete

01:56without lots and lots of options. If you can dream it they can do it. The options on this one bring the

02:02price tag to $540,000. You can choose your exterior color, you can choose your interior colors, enhancements,

02:10features, and details. There are literally millions of combinations. The 12-cylinder engine is incredibly

02:17powerful. It is a lot of fun to drive. Surprisingly, a car this big is pretty easy to drive and that's

02:23part of the Rolls-Royce magic. It should feel effortless and it should feel delightful and it should feel

02:29like your dream car and it does. Behind the wheel the Rolls-Royce Cullinan Series 2 is a special experience

02:37and it starts with this. The door is pretty far away from me and I really have to reach to close it

02:44or I can do this. I can just push this button on the upper console and it closes automatically.

02:51Shouldn't every door do that? The round steering wheel and the round center of the steering wheel

02:56are design motifs that you'll find throughout the Rolls-Royce including these round turbine style

03:02air vents, our round dials. There is even a nearly round control panel over here on the left side

03:09which is where you find the stop start button and the headlight panel. New for the Cullinan Series 2

03:15is this digital dashboard that spans the entire front of the car. It starts with a driver display here.

03:22There is a new multimedia system here. Below the multimedia screen there is a panel of buttons. This button

03:29is reserved for the Spirit of Ecstasy. This is our radio dial and notice that all the buttons and

03:38all the dials are framed in leather and gloss black and capped in chrome. Here on the center console

03:44we'll see more of this carbon fiber basket weave design and our Spirit of Ecstasy multimedia controller.

03:52Our parking sensor is here and these buttons can be used to raise or lower the height

03:58of the Rolls-Royce Cullinan Series 2. Rolls-Royce has kept the center console relatively low key

04:05to try to keep things looking elegant and uncluttered. Outside of this control panel here

04:11there is a panel that pushes back to reveal cup holders. There's a nice little panel here that

04:17retracts for space for a phone but if you would like to charge your phone there's a wireless charger

04:23right here tucked into the side of the center console. There's also an upper console here

04:30which offers lighting. You can just illuminate those map lights or you can actually illuminate the entire

04:38front of the cabin. If you'd like to turn on or off the Starlight headliner you can do that here.

04:45The rear seat in the Rolls-Royce Cullinan Series 2 is a really special place. First of all you do have to

04:52lift a finger. You have to lift a finger to close this door. There's a button here. There's also a

04:59button on the passenger side. A nice little tray lowers here. It's automatic. All you have to do is

05:05push the button. Many Rolls-Royce owners opt for a champagne chiller here in the center console. We

05:11don't have that in our model. We have cup holders, an armrest, and a little storage space. Also here in

05:19the window panel is a button that allows you to adjust the headrest for just the perfect height.

05:26The Cullinan is more popular with buyers who have more adventurous places to go. Perhaps someplace out

05:33away from the population where the SUV's all-wheel drive capability and ground clearance are a benefit

05:38but also where that high seating position gives you an advantage as well. Like any Rolls-Royce the

05:44Cullinan is for the enthusiast or the person building their dream car.

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