Have you ever seen a Rolls Royce on the track?

The umbrella integrated into the door, with a drainage and drying system. The small refrigerator Between the two rear seats, with crystal flut always ready for use. Then again handcrafted boxes, for whiskey and cigars. Even a natural grain leather and noce wood picnic basket, With handmade cutlery and embroidered napkins. It is the obsessive attention for details that make Rolls Roycefor over 120 years, the symbol of luxury and exclusivity. But you’ve ever seen one speeding on an automotive circuitbusting between the curbs and shoot like a rectilinear missile?

Adam Warner

The answer, in all likelihood, is no. Or rather, not until now. To overturn the granite beliefs carved in the collective imagination has arrived Spectre Black badge, Full Electric, the most powerful car in the history of the brand: thanks to two electric motors arranged on the two axes – so as to have traction on the four wheels – and to some touches on the control unit, this car is able to download on the asphalt 669 horses, with a shot from 0 to 100 km/h in just 4.1 seconds (and with an autonomy declared between 493 and 530 kilometers). All in extreme safety By virtue of small updates to the frame.

Have you ever seen a Rolls Royce on the track
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From the weight of the steering, which it provides A perfect balance between sensitivity and controlup to the stabilization of the roll, which now offers greater feedback and reduces the inclination of the bodywork when cornering. In essence, it is planted on the asphalt. We realize it immediately, as soon as you arrive at theAutodromo di Castellolìnorth of Barcelona, ​​setting the Adaptive Cruise Control and making a quick slalom among the road cones. Then away, through curves and ups and downs, light and wrapped in silence: thanks to the sound -absorbing materials and the new calibration of the shock absorbers, the“flying carpet” effect, Key element of Rolls Royce.

Have you ever seen a Rolls Royce on the track
Mark Fagelson Photography

It is the intertwining between An unprecedented sporting soul and the legendary Spirit of ecstasy identitybetween the courage to look to the future through renewed lenses and a legacy that cannot be disavowed in any way. It is no coincidence that this model was born directly from needs of customers of the Black Badge line, who shared with the parent company – anonymously – their driving data. A restricted circle of selected even had Access to the car even before its launchthus giving a sort of validation: fun, gritty, to push strongly in the short journeys, with A DNA totally rr.

Have you ever seen a Rolls Royce on the track
Mark Fagelson

To think that to unleash all its horses, the new Spectre has a specific button on the steering wheel, with depicted the symbol ofinfinite (which is also the symbol of the Black Badge range): a direct link with the planes that mounted the legendary Rolls Royce Merlin engine, which gave pilots an additional power boost by pressing a button. Besides theInfinity Mode, that when inserted it transforms the colors of the cockpit by highlighting the Change of character of the car, there is also the Spirited Modewhich is activated by crushing accelerator and brake simultaneously, to cars firm, to then enjoy the Best possible shot.

Have you ever seen a Rolls Royce on the track
Mark Fagelson

Performance to scream, but also comfort in full RR style. Despite the roof that lowers in the back removes a few centimeters in height, the two large goalkeeper with the classic opening of the counter hundred give access to A truly spacious passenger compartment. On board, in fact, sitting on the enveloping armchairs, you have the impression of being in your living room, with a light band of across 5500 «stars» to characterize the environment. Is the feeling of “Refuge” from the outside worldamong the flagships of the British brand, which as usual guarantees auditory comfort isolating passengers from the noises that come from outside.

Have you ever seen a Rolls Royce on the track
Mark Fagelson Photography

It’s as if Spectre Black badge was a synthesis between two ways of thinkingbetween two universes that finally contaminate each other without removing anything to each other. On the one hand ithe traditional spirit Rolls Royce, A mix of luxury and refinement, on the other A brazen, combative characterto eat the road every time the driver throws the signal. A dark heart, told by some important details in glossy black, and the courage to dare to overturn old paradigms. To go where the iconic brand had never thickened yet, winking at a younger audience and thus expanding their horizons. Mission: get out of the box. Yes, there is a Rolls Royce on the track.

Have you ever seen a Rolls Royce on the track
Adam Warner

Source: Vanity Fair

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