劳斯莱斯跨界车库理念将于明年发布，但最近该车合成图曝光，让我们先睹为快。这张合成图基于最近拍摄的谍照绘制，试图让我们看清隐藏在伪装下的车身。劳斯莱斯设计主管泰勒此前表示：“库里南将具备幻影的豪华特性和四驱越野性能”，这让我们对新车特性有了初步的了解。车厂透露，该车的车身长度与魅影（Wraith）差不多，因此比幻影更短。先前拍到的谍照已经显示，该车采用对开式车门，因此未来量产版也将采用这种设计。作为宾利添越的竞争车型，库里南将采用更豪华的结构，它的某些硬件与宝马X7的CLAR平台共享。该车动力系统则取自经过改进的幻影V12引擎，另外据传该车还可提供柴油引擎。同时车厂还计划推出插电混动版，但目前讨论混动版还为时过早。现在“库里南”还只是一个代号，因此明年发布的真正量产版将采用别的名称。

 

Rolls-Royce Cullinan render wants to steer you away from a Bentayga

The “high-bodied car” as Rolls-Royce describes it won’t be out until sometime next year, but thankfully there’s a render now to ease the wait. As one would expect, the speculative design exercise is based on the most recent spy shots of the Cullinan and tries to imagine what was hiding beneath that thick amount of camouflage. We already have an idea of how it’s going to look like taking into account the company’s chief designer, Giles Taylor, has told us “it will combine the luxury elements from the Phantom with true 4x4 capabilities.”

 

If you’re wondering about the size of the don’t-call-it-an-SUV, Rolls-Royce has revealed it will have roughly the same length as the Wraith, so it will be shorter than the Phantom from where it will take its design inspiration. The signature coach doors have already been spotted on the disguised prototypes, so we know for sure these will be there on the production car.

 

Set to go up against the opulent Bentley Bentayga, the Cullinan will benefit from a newly developed “architecture of luxury,” as described by the firm’s boss, Torsten Müller-?tv?s. Some of the hardware will be shared with the CLAR-based BMW X7, yet another luxobarge on our way, but with a far more attainable price tag.

 

Power will come from an evolution of the Phantom’s silky smooth V12 engine, while plans for a diesel have been scrapped as per a report coming from Autocar. The same source reveals a plug-in hybrid is being considered, but it’s too early to know for sure whether it will cut the mustard.

 

Keep in mind “Cullinan” is a codename, so don’t be too surprised if the production model is going to wear a different badge when it will arrive in 2018.