2023 Rolls-Royce Spectre (EV)

Rolls-Royce Spectre – exclusive preview in Franschhoek

Rolls-Royce are in the midst of ushering in a new era of mobility with the Spectre, their first pure electric vehicle. Pursuing a flawless product, their all-new coupe has been undergoing a stringent regiment of testing and the latest location to basque in its silent opulence has been South Africa’s very own mother city. We got an exclusive preview.

2030; the year many automakers have set internal deadlines to cease production of internal-combustion engines (ICEs). Rolls-Royce is no different but while the yearns of enthusiasts and petrolheads fall on deaf ears for their beloved supercar monikers to ignore the mandates of the EU and continue to produce fossil-fuel-powered behemoths, this will bear very little significance for the Goodwood-based premium marque.

That is because electrification should, in theory, lend itself well to the plush and elegant models that bear Henry Royce and Charles Rolls surnames. Clean and silent propulsion paired with impressive power and torque outputs should continue right where the Phantom coupe, its spiritual successor, has left off.

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Rolls-Royce Spectre - exclusive preview in Franschhoek

With the Spectre concluding its rigorous testing in our own backyard, Rolls-Royce invited us to preview their first pure EV model.
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Rolls-Royce Spectre prototype review: a truly bewitching thing to drive

Sounds like the ultimate luxury automotive experience.

Experience is the word. At this level, owners are looking for the four-wheeled equivalent of the view from the One57 penthouse in Manhattan, the Project Norse super yacht, or the Gulfstream G650 (a long haul private jet, Elon Musk has one). Based on this sadly brief introduction, the Spectre is in a class of its own right now. Could it be more powerful? Perhaps, but it’s easily fast enough for what it is and what it wants to be. My working definition of cool is when something (or someone) doesn’t waste excess energy trying to define itself. On which basis the Spectre is very cool indeed.

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Rolls-Royce Spectre prototype review: a truly bewitching thing to drive Reviews 2023 | Top Gear

It’s great to see the Spectre in daylight and on the move. If it looks imposing in photos, this thing is unarguable in the flesh. It’s a huge statement car, perhaps even more so now that Rolls-Royce has finally embraced electrification. You could genuinely say the Spectre has been 120 years in...
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Here’s why Rolls-Royce chose to ‘extreme test’ its all-electric Spectre in South Africa

It’s built around the company’s scalable aluminium architecture and according to preliminary data, the electric motors are expected to produce in the region of 430kW and 900Nm, which will be sufficient for a 4.4-second 0-100km/h dash.

Rolls-Royce estimates a WLTP range of around 520km.

Occupants enter through rear-hinged doors to be greeted by a galaxy of ‘stars’. In addition to the starlight roof lining seen on other Rolls-Royce cars, the Spectre also has Starlight Doors, which house almost 4800 softly illuminated lights.

But it’s also very much a car that you can personalise down to the last detail, with Rolls-Royce claiming that the possible trim and specification possibilities are “near endless”.

 
Rolls Royce to produce electric-only cars from 2030

British firm will move from V12 to EV following Spectre production; more limited-run models earmarked

All-new Rolls-Royce models will arrive exclusively with battery power as the firm plans to go electric-only by the end of 2030.

The Rolls-Royce Spectre is the brand’s first electric car, and will go into production later this year. Company boss Torsten Muller-Otvos confirmed that revised Series 2 versions of the firm’s current range of models - Rolls-Royce Phantom, Rolls-Royce Ghost and Rolls-Royce Cullinan - would remain as V12s, but after that the brand would switch to electric power.

“By the end of 2030, there will be no more V12,” he said. “Series 2 cars will be V12, brand new Rolls-Royces always be electric.”

Muller-Otvos also reconfirmed the company would not launch hybrid models, and the company would move from V12 petrol power straight to EVs. “We’re not going to have everything, we’re a small company,” he said.

“We’ve not fallen out of love with V12, and we’ll invest in it to meet new requirements. It’s a lovely transformation from V12 to EV.”

No launch dates are being put on new models, nor are any standard production lengths being committed to. “It’s 10 years or even more,” said Muller-Otvos. “The first Phantom was 14 years. The Phantom is 10% of our volume, they go for over €1 million, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see it go on and on [as a V12].”

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Rolls Royce to produce electric-only cars from 2030 | Autocar

British firm will move from V12 to EV following Spectre production; more limited-run models earmarked
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Rolls-Royce Dawn production ends ahead of Spectre EV launch

Final example of two-door convertible leaves Goodwood factory; Spectre set to arrive late 2023

The final Rolls-Royce Dawn has left the marque’s Goodwood factory, ending the convertible’s seven-year production run.

As previously reported by Autocar, order books for the 563bhp V12-powered drop-top and its coupé sibling, the Wraith, closed in March 2022.

The two models will be indirectly replaced by the new Rolls-Royce Spectre, leaving the Ghost, Phantom and Cullinan as Rolls-Royce’s three remaining models to be powered by a combustion engine.

Spectre deliveries are set to begin in the fourth quarter of this year, with the EV currently entering the final stages of development and testing.

Although it isn't a direct replacement for the Dawn and Wraith, being larger than both, the EV will play the role of a coupé in Rolls-Royce’s line-up from now on, CEO Torsten Müller-Ötvös told Autocar in 2022.

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Rolls-Royce Dawn production ends ahead of Spectre EV launch | Autocar

Final example of two-door convertible leaves Goodwood factory; Spectre set to arrive late 2023
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Rolls-Royce has officially ended production of the Dawn convertible

The, ahem, sun has set on the Dawn. What an extraordinary motor car

Considering Rolls-Royce tends to eschew explicit technical language and employs vocabulary that uses phrases like ‘power reserve’, we won’t be so crass as to say the 'Dawn is dead’. Mostly because that’s a brilliant zombie film.

No, we shall instead suggest the extraordinary Rolls-Royce Dawn has ‘retired’, with RR officially announcing the end of its production run.

Indeed, at the launch of the car there was less talk of the whisper-silent 6.6-litre twin-turbo V12 underneath those vast flanks, and more on how it made you feel. “When you arrive somewhere, we want you to feel that you’ve experienced something truly special,” Rolls-Royce told TG.com at the car’s launch. “It used to be that you’d get an idea of what it was like to be Cary Grant or Grace Kelly.

“We’re not just creating cars at Rolls-Royce, we’re designing experiences.”

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Rolls-Royce has officially ended production of the Dawn convertible

The, ahem, sun has set on the Dawn. What an extraordinary motor car
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Rolls-Royce Spectre production sold out until 2025

During a media meeting, Rolls-Royce's CEO said that the demand for the fully-electric Spectre is higher than initially anticipated, so customers who order now may get their car in 2025. The first shipments are planned for Q4 2023, but those units belong to people who were first to order.

It's not uncommon to wait more than a year, maybe even a year and a half, in the luxury segment, but customers won't be happy to know that their ultra-premium vehicle will arrive in two years or so. However, that's one of Rolls-Royce's main appeals - its hand-crafted vehicles that take a lot of time to make.

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Rolls-Royce Spectre production sold out until 2025

Due to high demand, some Spectres will take almost two years to be built.
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