New Rolls-Royce Dawn Silver Bullet special revealed

Rolls-Royce has launched the Dawn Silver Bullet – an even more glamorous, two-seat version of the Dawn convertible that will be limited to just 50 cars globally.

Already previewed by official drawings back in March, the Rolls-Royce Dawn Silver Bullet is said to borrow from the streamline roadsters of the 1920, but instead of a complete redesign the biggest change over the current Dawn is the addition of an aero cowling in place of rear seats.

The car pictured is claimed to be the first Dawn Silver Bullet of the 50 commissioned to roll off the production line and is painted in Brewster Silver, a colour that pays tribute to the paint once used on the Silver Dawn, Silver King, Silver Silence and Silver Spectre Rolls-Royce cars of the past.

The cowling, meanwhile, combines a silver spline with tan-coloured upholstery and also features a titanium windbreak that bears an engraving of the car's profile on the front and 'Silver Bullet' lettering when viewed from behind.

Finally, the exterior changes include a dark finish for the headlights and front air intake surround, plus a new dark grey and silver pinstripe finish for the wheels.

Inside, the Silver Bullet uses open-pore carbon-fibre for the dash, the front part of the rear cowling and on the rear deck surround.

Tan-coloured leather, meanwhile, is used almost everywhere else, apart from the transmission tunnel, which is finished with a quilted version of the same tan leather.

Under its lengthy bonnet, the Rolls-Royce Dawn Silver Bullet gets the same twin-turbocharged 6.6-litre V12 as the regular Dawn, which is good for 420kW/780Nm and delivers 0-100km/h acceleration in just 4.9 seconds.

Despite deliveries already being well underway, Rolls-Royce has declined to reveal how much the Dawn Silver Bullet costs, but expect most of the 50 owners to have parted with well over a million for each one – a healthy premium over the $750,000 charged for the standard convertible.