Rolls-Royce Launches 2016 Dawn Convertible
Because the ultra-uber billionaires who can afford to own a Rolls-Royce are likely early risers, the automaker’s newest convertible is aptly named. The Rolls-Royce Dawn is a four-passenger droptop based on the Ghost and Wraith. Rolls-Royce says the power soft-top works at speeds up to about 30 mph and operates “in almost complete silence.”
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Rolls calls the Dawn its most seductive car yet, and it’s opulent and elegant from every angle. Its face is dominated by a wide, recessed grille and adaptive LED headlights that corner with the car, accenting a long hood, short overhang, recessed grille and a high, sweeping shoulder line. In back, the rear end tapers and features a deck of Canadel open-pore wood paneling, reminiscent of a boat.
Under the hood is a Rolls-Royce trademark 563-horsepower, twin-turbocharged 6.6-liter V-12; the automaker says it’s good for a sprint from 0 to 62 mph in 4.9 seconds.
The cabin is filled with luxury amenities like a BeSpoke Audio system with 16 individually tuned speakers, a touchpad controller for the multimedia system that recognizes writing (“rather than a touch-screen which might leave unsightly fingerprints at driver and passenger eye level,” the automaker said in a statement) and a 10.3-inch high-definition information screen.
Rolls-Royce didn’t announce the Dawn’s staring price, but if you have to ask …
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