Sure, the Rolls-Royce Specter costs $400,000, but it now comes with a $5,000 EV lease credit – Jalopnik

When Republicans rejected the electric vehicle tax credit to give the oil and gas industry another $40 billion in subsidies, we knew it would likely hurt major automakers like Ford, General Motors and Hyundai. But you wouldn’t think it would hurt luxury and even ultra-luxury automakers nearly as much. If you want a new Porsche Taycan and make money buying a new Taycan, what difference does a few thousand dollars make? And yet, CarsDirect reports that even Rolls-Royce, with its much wealthier customer base, is now offering a $5,000 rebate if you lease a new $400,000 Specter EV.

For the typical Rolls-Royce customer, $5,000 might as well be nothing – a night in a decent hotel, a decent bottle of wine, maybe Tuesday morning’s skiing habit – but despite being in the ownership class, they are still people. And what person doesn’t like to feel like they’re getting a deal, even if it’s a deal on a car so expensive that the base price doesn’t really matter? People love deals, which is why it feels like so many stores are constantly having sales instead of just selling things at a more realistic price. Furthermore, anyone who has worked with the rich can tell you that these are usually the stingiest people you will ever have the displeasure of dealing with.

Will a $5,000 discount actually increase the number of Specter leases? Who knows. The ownership class is an enigma shrouded in mystery, and it’s not like Rolls-Royce even builds that many Specters in a year (although it is the brand’s second most popular model). But it’s always nice to get a little discount.

And what does such a rental contract look like? Well, here it is a 2025 Rolls-Royce Black Badge Spectre in Sapphire Black and Arctic White, which is on sale at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Beverly Hills for $5,599 per month. Of course, that’s only $49,999 less, and you only get 2,500 miles per year on a 48-month lease. If you go over it, each mile will cost you $2.50. The real cost, however, is the shame you’ll have to endure while driving a Rolls-Royce Specter that someone else specified rather than one you ordered exactly to your taste. At that point you might as well lease an S-Class as a poor one.