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Meanwhile, the upright side panels contrast with the deliciously sloping roof and rear window line, while a muscular haunch extends sharply over the rear wheels - 23 inches in diameter. The whole arrangement looks imperious, imposing and upright from some angles, but in the side-on view it's possible to see the sloping bonnet and curve of the grille and wings. Even the famous 'Spirit of Ecstasy' figurine has been re-sculpted.Įither side of the grille are sharp, almost-horizontal LED daytime running lights, while the main driving lights below appear dark when not in use.

Indeed, the Spectre has the lowest drag coefficient of any Rolls-Royce yet, at 0.25. As there's no engine to cool, the grille's polished stainless-steel vanes are smooth, designed to push air around the car. Up front, what appears to be a traditional Rolls-Royce grille is wider than in any previous model from the firm, and it's lit from behind. It doesn't matter what propels the Spectre, as it looks every inch the modern-day Rolls-Royce coupe, and the company refers to it as the spiritual (no pun intended, we're sure) successor to the Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe. They should become very useful when fixed charging stations can be arranged." Hence the company's "prophesy fulfilled" tagline. If ever a brand was suited to electrification, Rolls-Royce is it, and indeed its co-founder, Charles Stewart Rolls, identified that as long ago as 1900 when he quipped "The electric car is perfectly noiseless and clean. Following months of teasing, Rolls-Royce has revealed its first ever electric car, the new Spectre coupe.