It's the brand's first electric car, but not the last. From now on, all new RR launches will be powered by electricity
If you haven’t heard of Hex cookware, know that Gordon Ramsay, a brand ambassador, once called them the “Rolls-Royce of frying pans”. At upwards of £700 a pop, they can withstand temperatures of 900 degrees and are apparently a breeze to wash up. Think of a product, the more obscure the better — cat food, cooking chocolate, kitchen cabinets — and you’ll find a company trying to bask in the reflected glory of a niche car company founded 117 years ago.
You expect a new Rolls-Royce to deliver a visual smack to the chops, and at first sight, the Spectre is really something. Even the staunchest anti-capitalist might sneak out their camera phone when no one’s looking.There’s no sense of RR marking a new era with new design directions. The famous Pantheon grille is the widest it’s ever been, and the roofline sweeps back to the beautiful Fastback rear along RR’s largest-ever single body panel.
Of course, in the cabin, there is no thought of what goes on behind the curtain. There are no Sport or Eco drive modes to trouble with. No choices at all, in fact. Only silence.While other electric cars whirr and whine, the Spectre is astonishingly quiet. A 300kg battery layer muffles any noise so well that engineers had to introduce sound back in to the cabin, presumably to prevent occupants from losing their minds.
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