The Cullinan will be based on Rolls-Royce’s new aluminum-spaceframe architecture, being developed to help move the next generation of Rollers away from their engineering links with more-plebeian BMWs.

Powertrain: Rolls doesn’t really “do” fewer than 12 cylinders, old boy, so it’s as certain as the English cricket team suffering a mid-order batting collapse after tea is served that the Cullinan will have a V-12, most likely a development of the Ghost’s twin-turbo 6.6-liter. A plug-in-hybrid version will also be offered.