Luxury car-maker Rolls-Royce has revealed its latest edition to its already prestigious line-up in the form of the new Rolls-Royce Dawn.
The new Dawn has taken inspiration from the Silver Dawn, whilst delivering a world first in super-luxury motoring – a cool, contemporary interpretation of what a super-luxury four-seater convertible motor car should be in 2015 – rare, refined and the most social super-luxury car there is.
The official press release for the Dawn was one of the most tedious and over the top things I’ve ever attempted to read, I’m talking about serious waffle! I literally fell asleep several times whilst attempting to decipher some key information from it.
Rolls Royce summed this car up nicely by stating: “Quite simply, it is the sexiest Rolls-Royce ever built.” I’m not going to disagree with Rolls on this, it does look spectacular.
And rather than boring you all to death by repeating the nonsense in the aforementioned release, in a form of journalistic protest I’ve decided to only include the key details on the car, a video and some pictures. Enjoy!
| Dimensions | |
| Vehicle length | 5285mm / 17.34ft |
| Vehicle width | 1947mm / 6.39ft |
| Vehicle height (unladen) | 1502mm / 4.93ft |
| Wheelbase | 3112mm / 10.21ft |
| Turning circle | 12.7m / 41.7ft |
| Boot Volume (DIN) | 244ltr – 295ltr / 8.6 ft3 – 10.4 ft3 |
| Weight | |
| Unladen Weight (DIN) | 2560kg / 5644lb |
| Engine | |
| Engine / cylinders / valves | V / 12 / 48 |
| Fuel management | Direct injection |
| Power output @ engine speed | 563bhp / 420kW / 570PS @ 5250rpm |
| Max torque @ engine speed | 780Nm / 575lb ft @ 1500rpm |
| Fuel type | 10:1 / Premium unleaded1 |
| Performance | |
| Top speed | 250kmh / 155mph (governed) |
| Acceleration 0 – 100km/h | 4.9sec² |
| Fuel Consumption | |
| Urban | 21.4ltr / 100km / 13.2mpg (Imp.) |
| Extra urban | 9.8ltr / 100km / 28.8mpg (Imp.) |
| Combined consumption / range | 14.2ltr / 100km / 19.9mpg (Imp.) |
| CO2 emissions | 330g/km |