Black Friday Special Editions

What started as a sales event in the US has become the biggest reason for a sale across the world. The Black Friday sale, which used to be reserved for the day after Thanksgiving, has turned into week-long, and sometimes month-long, sales events for many businesses.

At Oracle Car Finance, we don’t need to have Black Friday sales. Our bespoke quotations are always customised to your requirements and your situation so you can rest assured that it is the most appropriate finance package for your situation. Instead, we thought as it is Black Friday this week, we’d focus on Black special editions from the automotive world. Though a Black Edition is often the flagship specification for a lot of manufacturers, these limited production or specially named models go that little bit further to create something very special indeed.

Rolls Royce Ghost Ekleipsis

The Rolls Royce Ghost is one of the finest and most luxurious vehicles money can buy. For around quarter of a million pounds you can be transported around in the upmost in comfort, refinement and exquisite attention to detail. The pinnacle of the Rolls Royce range in recent years has been the Black Badge, yet now there is the Ekleipsis.

Using the already exquisite Black Badge as a base, the Ekleipsis is a darker, more aggressive and stealthier looking model that uses natures blackout, a total eclipse, as a theme. With Black paint, Black trim, Black accessories and highlights in bright Orange to symbolise the corona during a total eclipse, the Ekleipsis is the dark side to the sumptuousness of the Ghost range. Just 25 models of the Ekleipsis are to be produced and such is the demand for this stealthy special edition all have been accounted for.

Brabus XLP 900 6×6 Superblack

If any car perfectly suits a Black colour scheme it would certainly be a Brabus. Whilst they are often synonymous with fast and powerful Mercedes saloons, in recent years they have expanded their range to more surprising models. The Brabus range now includes everything from Porsche 911’s to Rolls Royce Cullinan editions and even an extreme motorhome based on a truck body.  Their enhanced G63 AMG 6×6, a car already completely bonkers in specification and appearance, is called the Brabus XLP 900 6×6 Superblack and takes the 6-wheeled monster to even loftier heights.

A retrimmed bespoke interior, replacement carbon fibre exterior body panels, carbon fibre accessories and beefed-up mechanicals and suspension, the Superblack certainly looks the part both inside and out. With a tuned twin-turbocharged 4.5-litre V8 engine producing 900bhp and 1,250Nm of torque, it certainly has the power to more than match its menacing appearance. It may have a price tag of around £1.2million, but you would struggle to get a more capable or menacing car for your money.

Bugatti La Voiture Noire

When your ‘standard’ car is the Chiron the lengths you would have to go to create a special edition is further than most car manufacturers. For Bugatti, it is a chance to go completely over the top. The result is the La Voiture Noire, or simply ‘The Black Car’. A creation specifically paying homage to Jean Bugatti’s own personal Type 57 Atlantic, a mysterious car that disappeared without trace in 1940 and one of just 4 examples originally built and which only 2 remain today. It would undoubtedly be the most expensive car in the world today if it was ever found.

Much like Bugatti’s models of days gone by, the La Voiture Noire is a completely one-off coach built creation. Unlike many other bespoke creations from other manufacturers, Bugatti dictate the design not the customer, and that special customer is of course unknown. What we do know is that the La Voiture Noire cost in the region of £11.4million including taxes and though it is unlikely to be seen cruising down your local high street any time soon, though it has actually been seen driving around somewhere in Switzerland.

Mercedes AMG GT Black Series

The Black Series range of Mercedes AMG products is the most extreme performance orientated models money can buy. When the model in question is already the most impressive car in their line up, aside from the very limited production AMG ONE, it creates something very special indeed. The AMG GT Black Series is a serious performance machine and the exquisite attention to detail shows it means business.

Power is upped by a not insignificant 160bhp, carbon fibre makes up most of the bodywork, there’s thinner glass, a huge fixed rear wing and an extended carbon fibre front splitter for more downforce. As a result, the AMG GT Black Series laps the famous Hockenheim racetrack in Germany within 5 seconds of their GT3 racing car. A hugely impressive feat and some way to justifying the fact it costs more than double the price of the already very capable AMG GT-R.

Audi R8 Performance Carbon Black

The Audi R8 was one of those cars that just got better and better with age. We say ‘got’ as sadly the impending combustion engine ban has meant that Audi Sport have unfortunately said that the R8 has been cancelled for the foreseeable future. With that said it certainly went out with a bang. The latest iteration is an exquisite mix of naturally aspirated V10 noise, exceptional refinement and luxuriousness and an ease of every day driving that few supercars can match.

In Carbon Black trim the appearance of one of the finest looking cars money can buy is complete, adorned with lightweight carbon fibre trim in abundance. With the switch to electric only power becoming ever closer and increasingly stringent emissions and noise regulations in recent years meaning cars got quieter and quieter, the R8 was a very fitting reminder of exactly what a perfectly orchestrated engine should sound like from its 5.2-litre Lamborghini sourced V10.

Land Rover Defender V8 Carpathian Edition

Although the focus was on its increased luxuriousness and the fact that it could still outdo most others when the going gets tough, one of the biggest feats of the updated Defender is that it retained its coolness. The original model was functional but undoubtedly cool at the same time, and the new one has managed to pull of the very same trick.

With the Carpathian Edition it takes its chicness to new levels thanks to premium semi-matte dark grey paintwork (ok not black for this Black Friday feature but it is very close), complete with contrasting gloss black trim and a roaring supercharged 5.0-litre V8 engine under the bonnet. There aren’t many cars that cost upwards of £100,000 that look just as good sparklingly clean in a city centre as they do completely plastered in mud negotiating a rough track, climbing a rocky hill climb or testing its ability to wade through deep waters.

Maserati MC20 Notte

Maserati hit a bit of a sweet spot with its MC20. Less expensive than you might imagine at under £200,000, praised for its nimble handling yet comfortable ride, as well as the performance from its impressive 630bhp V6 Nettuno engine. Its stunning good looks have just been given a sinister makeover with the addition of the ‘Notte’ special edition.

The trick exterior paintwork finish manages to be gloss black in the daylight yet transforms to magnetic matte finish called ‘Nero Ezzenza’ when it gets dark. Not only that but Maserati claim it is also luminescent so will glow in the dark to some extent. Just 50 ‘Notte’ editions will be made and expect to cost a considerable amount more than the base MC20, but style surely is more important than saving a few pounds.

BMW X7 Dark Shadow Edition

BMW’s flagship X7 SUV is already a well equipped luxurious way to travel yet that didn’t stop them from upping the ante with the limited production Shadow Edition. Combining a blacked-out appearance both inside and out with more than generous levels of trim, the Shadow Edition is limited to 500 models globally and just 10 examples for the UK.

Equipment levels include the top of the line stereo system from Bowers & Wilkins, extended Merino leather interior, panoramic sunroof, head up display, massage seats and full array of rear seat entertainment, as well as the M Sport exterior styling, 22” matte black wheels and ‘Frozen Arctic Grey’ matte paintwork. All this exclusivity made the X7 Shadow Edition the most expensive combustion engine SUV in the BMW range, at a not inconsiderable cost of £115,000.

Lamborghini Sesto Elemento

Lamborghini are known for their outlandish and menacing looking cars. The aggressive Aventador, Huracan and limited edition Reventon models are as angular and purposeful as they come, and that them continued with the new generation of Revuelto and Temerario. Yet none are as extreme as the ‘Sesto Elemento’, or ‘6th Element’, which just so happens to be Carbon. Every aspect of the track only creation is designed to save weight in order to perform as best as it possibly can, from the bare carbon fibre bodywork infused with flecks of red micro-crystals for an exceptional finish, to the polycarbonate ‘glazing’ replacing the traditional yet comparatively heavy glass.

Even the interior was put on a thoroughly strict diet to reduce unnecessary weight. Forget luxurious such as air conditioning or even a stereo, the interior doesn’t even have any trim as such, the seats are merely pads stuck to the bare carbon chassis, the majority of the dashboard is missing, just the essentials such as dials and you can do without the rest. As a result the Sesto Elemento weighs just 999kg and features a 560bhp naturally aspirated V10 engine from the Gallardo Superleggera. Just 20 were reportedly planned at a price of €1.8million each, yet only half that number were ever built apparently due to its price and inability to be driven on the road. So a Sesto Elemento sighting is a very rare occurence indeed.

Ford Model T

A bonus addition to merely include one of the most iconic motoring quotes of all time; Henry Ford stating that customers could ‘have the Model T in any colour they like – as long as it is Black’. According to Ford it may not have been due to the fact it was the quickest drying colour but more for efficiency and uniformity on the production line. Early Model T’s weren’t actually available in Black, only ones from 1914-1925, before and after then they came in Blue, Red, Grey and Green.

At one point the Model T was so popular that accounted for more than half of all the cars globally, a feat very unlikely to ever be matched. Of those cars, the majority were coincidentally actually finished in Black, but it wasn’t the only colour customers could choose. To celebrate the last vehicle produced, a special ’15millionth’ Model T was driven off the production line by Henry Ford and his son in . . . Green, obviously.

Oracle Car Finance

At Oracle Finance we have your new car funding sorted, no matter which colour or special edition it is. Our expert Account Managers use our panel of specialist lenders to help you to find the perfect package, bespoke to you and your circumstances. Our team are always on hand should you have any questions about arranging car finance and your dedicated Account Manager is ready to take your call today. Not only that, but our knowledge of the car market means we can offer advice regarding residual values or offer you a free valuation on your current car.