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Rolls-Royce etched its newest car with encrypted messages, and it wants buyers to crack the code — tour the 'Kryptos Collection'

  • The Rolls-Royce Kryptos Collection is a limited run of cars that incorporate complex, encrypted ciphers into their design.
  • The 50 Wraith models that comprise the collection will feature secret codes, including on the Spirit of Ecstasy emblem and the headrests.
  • Only two people on the planet know the full meaning of the codes, and the solution is locked in the CEO's safe.
  • Rolls-Royce owners can send in guesses about the code's meaning through the carmaker's exclusive app, Whispers.

Rolls-Royce has announced the Kryptos Collection, a limited run of cars that will feature secret codes and cryptic designs.

Limited to 50 cars, the collection of Wraith coupés "carries within it an encrypted cipher that evolves throughout the car," according to the company. Rolls-Royce says the Kryptos models were inspired by one designer's passion for cryptography.

The ciphers appear as normal design elements — incorporated the Spirit of Ecstasy, the headrests, and elsewhere — but actually carry within them a series of secret messages. The codes are so secret, in fact, that only two people on Earth know their meaning.

An actual Kryptos Rolls-Royce will likely run you well over $300,000, but you can still catch a glimpse of the car's "labyrinth of complex ciphers" below.

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