Rolls-Royce has officially braced electrification and unlike most luxury carmakers began their road to electrification with nothing but SUVs, the most exclusive carmaker of all kicked off electrification with a grand tourer.
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| 2024 Rolls-Royce Spectre |
This is Rolls-Royce's first-ever electric vehicle, a grand tourer with a dramatic name called the Spectre. Yes, the first electric car is named after the terrorist organization from the world of 007. Villainous the name is, the Spectre is all about blending with the crowd quietly with its classic Rolls-Royce looks, comfort, and silence with a performance unheard of.
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| 2024 Rolls-Royce Spectre |
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| 2024 Rolls-Royce Spectre interior |
For a fully electric grand tourer with prices starting at 275,000 GBP but can skyrocket to half a million pounds, the Spectre features the widest Pantheon grille for a production Rolls-Royce road car with individual active shutter panes for aerodynamics. While the sizing is broadly similar to the Wraith, the Spectre's styling is surprisingly dramatic as well as the interior that can be tailor-made according to clients' desires. As expected, it's a four-seater electric coupe, meaning it would be challenging to gain access to the rear seats even with the electric switches to adjust the front seats. Still, you can't complain about the top-notch level of handiwork done to bring out the best of the Spectre inside and out.
The electric powertrain is the hallmark of the Spectre and powering this dramatic grand tourer is a pair of electric motors with one for each axle, making it an all-wheel-drive luxury coupe with 585PS of power and 900Nm of torque. It sprints from 0-62mph in 4.5 seconds and is electronically limited to 155mph. As for driving range, the Spectre is good for 329 miles on a full charge and it’ll charge from 10-80 per cent in 34 minutes via a 195kW charger.
Despite being an electric car, the Spectre runs on the same bits and bobs as the Cullinan and today's Phantom but with a stiffer chassis because of the integration of the 106kWh battery into the structure as well as the use of extruded aluminium sections. Although not recommended to be thrashed because of its heavy structure, the Spectre is as quiet and as comfortable as a Rolls-Royce should be.
Although villainous by name, because it was named after the terrorist organization from the world of 007, the Spectre is the ultimate personification of silence Rolls-Royce has ever crafted and if you're in the mood for a fancy road trip, consider this. The classic Rolls-Royce styling, handcrafted interior, and electric powertrain are what made the Spectre special, and that is the bottom line.
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