The Rolls-Royce Dawn rolls into the sunset as the automaker announced the end of its lifecycle following the fate of its coupe sibling – the Wraith.
Following the success of the larger Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe, the modern-era Dawn debuted in 2015, with the more powerful Black Badge model following in 2017. The luxurious four-seater convertible with a fabric roof and rear-hinged doors is closely related to the Wraith coupe and the discontinued first-gen Ghost sedan. Despite the common styling cues, even though the company suggests that 80% of the body panels were “entirely unique”.
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The Dawn is powered by a twin-turbo 6.6-liter V12 producing 563 hp (420 kW / 571 PS) in the standard trim or 593 hp (442 kW / 601 PS) in the Black Badge.
The company also brags about the Dawn being “the world’s quietest convertible”, thanks to the exceptional noise-isolating performance of the fabric roof and special care to airflow and aerodynamics when being topless.
Order books for the Dawn and the Wraith closed in March 2022, but production kept on going to satisfy the order backlog. The Dawn proved to be the best-selling drophead in the brand’s history but won’t get a direct successor – at least for now.
While Rolls-Royce remains tight-lipped about future plans, we don’t expect them to stay without a convertible offering for a long time. In that context, a drophead variant of the fully electric Spectre could follow in the future, covering the newly formed gap in the current lineup.
