Rolls-Royce has built a one-off Black Badge Ghost to celebrate a race win that happened 120 years ago, proving that if you’re a luxury carmaker with a long enough history, absolutely nothing is too obscure for a special edition.

Called the Black Badge Ghost Tourist Trophy, it marks Charles Rolls’ victory in the 1906 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy, where he and mechanic Eric Platford guided a 20hp Rolls-Royce around four laps of the island’s Highroads Course.

The pair won through a combination of speed, reliability and fuel-saving precision, crossing the finish line with barely enough fuel left for a trip to the nearest petrol station.

The modern tribute wears a Dark Emerald paint finish inspired by the original race-winning car, complete with a tan coachline and a hand-painted number four motif. That’s a nod to Rolls’ starting position and the four laps he completed on his way to victory.

Inside, Rolls-Royce has gone full history nerd. The cabin features an embroidered outline of the Isle of Man course, while hidden engravings record everything from the original car’s registration number and chassis code to the exact coordinates of the start and finish line. There are also illuminated treadplates carrying further references to the century-old machine.

Thankfully, Rolls-Royce has resisted the temptation to fit a 20hp engine and wooden-spoke wheels. Underneath, it’s still a Black Badge Ghost, which means plenty of power, effortless performance and enough luxury to make first-class air travel feel a bit basic.

It’s the sort of commission only Rolls-Royce could create: exquisitely detailed, wonderfully eccentric and dedicated to a motorsport victory that predates most countries’ driving licences.