What of business cofounder Sir Henry Royce advised everything that technologists, designers and craftspeople attempted to reach: Take the finest that exists and make it better, when RollsRoyce Motor-cars arrived to upgrade its Phantom family of designs.

This historical cri de coeur came to signify the critical developments made to the marque's pinnacle automobiles when started in 2012, and proceeds to resontate firmly in the design studios to the assembly hall in the Residence of RollsRoyce at Goodwood today.

These words enlightened the creation of RollsRoyce Wraith: nothing like it existed within the RollsRoyce portfolio, nor the broader automotive world.

The expression of if it doesn't exist, design it's steeped in RollsRoyce tradition. It may be viewed within the pioneering spirit and the company that was defined by vehicles within the early 1900s.

EXCLUSIVE 2014 Rolls Royce Wraith FIRST Time in London!!!

In its layout, RollsRoyce Wraith offers a masterpiece of exuding poise, tasteful simplicity and also the assurance of dynamism. There's a feeling this car is prepared to move with goal on its driver's command.

But Wraith isn't a GT bruiser; it's every inch a lavish and refined RollsRoyce, a car where in fact the awareness of delight and coming of the trip are as significant as the canvas upon which it's drawn.

Wraith debuts the most intelligent drive-train ever to feature in a RollsRoyce, like the, use of groundbreaking technologies like Satellite Aided Transmission (SAT). This processes GPS data to call the driver's next move and immediately choose the proper equipment for the trail ahead. Unnecessary equipment changes are thereby averted, augmenting the famed RollsRoyce characteristic of waftability and ensuring Wraith is always poised to give on its dynamic assurance. Carrying out a sweeping bend, for instance, the optimum equipment is usually pre-chosen for easy acceleration.

Complementing Satellite Aided Transmission, RollsRoyce Wraith's additional dynamic improvements include an even more immediate steering response to support precision in corners, too as more dynamic spring and damper settings.

Action inside Wraith's coach doors and there's the sensation of going aboard a luxurious yacht. It's a area for four occupants, who'll be cocooned in a modern and stunning interior furnished in attractive components, surrounded by tactile Phantom - grade leathers.

Style details such as blood orange needle tips and the grand Canadel Panelling for power and speedometer reserve gauge hint more at speed, agility and functionality. Look upwards yet, and RollsRoyce provides something more conventional - at least for the twenty-first century. Starlight headliner - provided for the very first time beyond the Phantom variety - features a large number of miniature fibre-optic lamps handwoven by craftspeople to the roof liner.

It is still one of the organization's most endearing and popular features.

For such as the Rolls, boundaries are pushed by this car, getting RollsRoyce beyond it has gone before, difficult then providing on the promise of experience and rate.

In the same vein, this vehicle also embraces the best things in life, the refinement and sophistication appreciated by a brand new generation of girls as well as assured gentlemen. Or from New-york to Washington. Or from...

DESIGN

As a worldclass sportsman poised in the beginning blocks, Wraith provides an image of expectation and quickens the beat when seen for the very first time. Without overstatement there's drama and a sudden awareness of refined ability expressed by its daring fastback style. Wraith exudes effortless style and attractiveness... derived through refined simplicity. A higher waistline joined with low-roof line and raked cottage hasten the eye rearwards, while a car is suggested by tension in its surfaces established to go - fast if needed.

With regard to absolute existence Wraith is certainly cut from the same lavish fabric as today's Phantom and Ghost versions. Yet it exhibits cues that may be followed through previous generations; easy poise with accentuated back overhang, refined coach doors and, naturally, the Mood of Exhilaration adorning the grille.

But now it is a quite different version to all those of the past century - and stands alone among RollsRoyce versions. A wider rear path, longer bonnet, raked deeply recessed pantheon grille and glass house, unite in presenting a really centered auto, a RollsRoyce with its distinctive character.

A period where adventurers and pioneers became legends as well as their masterful machines items of desire.

The conventional pantheon grille design has further developed with Wraith. The clue here is that of the more functionally derived air-intake, not unlike that of the jet turbine, providing greater expression for the auto's dynamic assurance. As the fender is made to comprise the number-plate surround with a centered lower air-dam the surround has been lengthened by 40mm.

Chrome blades plant the automobile, complementing flat lines that hasten the feeling of flow across the outside.

Gentle development too is a subject of the 102year-old Spirit of Ecstasy figurine. Angled by five levels and placed more forward to the grille, her enthusiastic placement attracts the eye across and up the bonnet, helping explain the growth of three harmonious lines: the waist-line, line and roof-line.

In side-view, it's this latest Rolls-Royce design that is clearly set by the fastback most besides its thoroughbred stable mates. There's a blend of expressive line and linear pressure that bestows Wraith with this kind of an elegant yet uniquely strong character.

Growing in the manly frontal architecture, the formality of the waist-line gradually dips to the back supplying a feeling of balance and easy poise.

Frameless coach doors and also the lack of the b-pillar further augment sophistication and drama. Perfectly sized to complement extended front wings, all these are the epitome of easy entry and egress, but also impart a good sense of event and theatre which are essential to RollsRoyce customers.

With all windows down, the side-opening provides size and a perception of waftable debonair to Wraith's character. The stylish chrome side finisher frames this attractively and pulls the eye seamlessly down on the rear-wheel. For additional open see touring satisfaction, a rigid glass roof may also be specified, complete with leather sunshine blind.

In RollsRoyce Wraith's style, every detail is considered; metal door handles like hide barrel locks keeping clean outdoor panels. Three new wheels are also made to fit like a shoe.

The broad rear track reinforces the promise of Wraith's fit prowess and strong aim. Notable rear shoulders with strong wheel-arches nestle the glasshouse, so delightfully accentuated by the raked rear screen. These design factors present an ideal 3d canvas for a twotone paint scheme that further improves the exceptional, architectural design characteristics of Wraith and tips in a nautical theme.

Initially famous America, the term fastback shortly came to explain the nature of adventure and dynamism that epitomised early and mid-20th century European athletic and GT cars.

Wraith just evokes the pedigree of several of the very iconic models from this age, instead of take inspiration from anyone auto.

Developing an obvious distinction between a sport GT and a genuine RollsRoyce was too much crucial to the progress of Wraith's contemporary style statement. As the striking shape of the lengthy fastback tips at a sport dynamic, Wraith is certainly a consummate gentleman's gran turismo. Conventional high-seating position and RollsRoyce proportions stay, leaving the beholder in no doubt that it's accurate for the marque's DNA.

Wraith provides an ideal union of refinement and glamor, together with an inherent, brooding sense that drama and strength lie below. You can imagine this RollsRoyce in particular-would completely match the inimitable lifestyle of experience and pace enjoyed by RollsRoyce's founding forefather the Honourable Charles Rolls.

2014 Rolls-Royce Wraith INTERIOR

RollsRoyce Wraith's coach doors available to present an inviting, harmonious interior room - 1 with each possible comfort, shipped in a completely contemporary manner.

The eye is instantly attracted to the panelling that elegantly adorns the interior of the doors and sweeps across the whole lower room. Completed in either wood or leather, the eye is drawn by the effect fast across the cottage, similar in effect for the clear fastback design of the outside.

Wraith's mellow inside is the ideal room to provide the advent of quite a specific new wood treatment, Canadel Panelling, a lovely open grain wood. Tactile with a light satin-finish that retains the material's natural texture, this designed wood leads to the cottage's warm, modern ambiance, evoking the inner feel of the fine, superluxury yacht.

Within this wood shape, the vehicle stands as a testament to the skills of craftspeople within the wood shop in the house of RollsRoyce in Goodwood, England. Every detail is carefully considered; the veneer gradually curved to hug the contours of the doors, raising space for residents in addition to delighting the eye.

The dynamic subject is strengthened when seen from the driver's seat. Blood orange ideas to estimate indicators pay court to the marque's air travel tradition while the steeringwheel is thicker rimmed to construct dynamic aim.

Detailed with a subtle subtlety, the inside complements Wraith's sensational outside aesthetic. Touches like the bullet points to recessed piping around the seat panels further improves the awareness of the vehicle tailored for functionality.

The Phantom - level organic grain leather increases the extravagance, its tactility unequalled within the motor sector. Detailing to panniers and arm-rests augment the opulence, inspired within their design by excellent saddlemaking.

Light from darkness

The RollsRoyce theory of effortlessness has advised designers' thinking throughout. Completely appointed storage compartments for just two iPads add comfort for back seat passengers, although automatic door shutting buttons located behind the a-column assistance those in leading.

Warm and calm, Wraith's interior lights bathes occupants in mild mild. Beyond this, extra ambient lighting occurs request - due to reading lights above c - waterfall roof lights and pillars that provide elevated but unobtrusive brightness using a hint of Art-deco influence.

Among the marque's most famous Bespoke features is currently available to finish the glamor that befits this beautiful new RollsRoyce inside. Starlight Headliner provides a starry night-sky inside the cottage, an impact that is reached with 1,340 person fibre-optic lights handwoven into the leather roof-liner by craftspeople within the RollsRoyce Leathershop.

ENGINEERING

"Wraith is strong, but never savage. It is really a energy which completely complements the dynamism of its own exterior styling. It is an actual RollsRoyce." Dr Helmut Riedl, Manager of Engineering.

100 years ago RollsRoyce entered the gruelling 1913 Alpine test with four 75hp vehicles. It won six awards, for example, Archduke Leopold Cup.

A set of Alpine Eagle automobiles were later created by the business.

The energy that underpins any contemporary RollsRoyce is consistently sent effortlessly, never cruelly.

RollsRoyce engineers were intensely conscious that one of the strongest RollsRoyce ever would need to provide dynamism and agility, with no trace of compromise for the well-known magic carpet ride. A car that stays true to values of luxury, quality and excellence in engineering, plus wraith stands as a testament to their own skills, the greatest gran turismo.

It develops 624 bhp, from the 6.6 litre twinturbo V12, an engine which includes direct petrol injection to maximise effectiveness and decrease emissions.

This shows just how much energy is accessible should it be required - or just preferred - by the driver at any moment in a trip.

RollsRoyce Wraith also features the capability to multishift down gears. The car knows the driver is trying to maximise acceleration and it goes right to an appropriate lower equipment, after the accelerator is shoved fast.

"From power-train engineers to the manager of engineering, everyone automatically realised the kinship of Satellite Aided Transmission for the RollsRoyce brand - and especially to Wraith. It is really an effortless system which understands the auto's place and reads the head of its own driver. It chooses the optimum equipment as if it were a proficient aviator altering a guide 'box himself." Philip Harnett, Product Manager, RollsRoyce Wraith.

Plentiful energy comes effortlessly due to RollsRoyce Wraith's strong V12 twinturbo engine married to an eightspeed automatic transmission. But the powertrain is taken by Satellite Aided Transmission technology to a brand-new degree of easy delivery, one that totally fits the RollsRoyce brand.

Satellite Aided Transmission utilizes GPS information to determine beyond just what the motorist sees; it anticipates his next move according to current driving type and place, then chooses the most suitable equipment for the terrain ahead. Corners, motorway junctions and roundabouts are expected beforehand, meaning Wraith is always poised to give on its guarantee of performance.

A far effortless driving experience, more polished and even better answer brings a brand new, more dynamic dimension to the famed RollsRoyce characteristic, waftability.

"A former F1 co-worker who worked on gearbox applications exhibited Satellite Aided Transmission to us one day. I was quite impressed. A couple of months after I moved from BMW to RollsRoyce and fast lobbied for the inclusion in Wraith. The reason was straightforward; it augments dynamism and effortlessness; the match was perfect.

In context, the advantages of Satellite Aided Transmission become obvious. Consider piloting Wraith in its environment, during the meandering streets of an Alpine pass for instance.

It understands when a sweeping curve strategies and may forecast how you want to drive-through it. Easing off the accelerator tells Wraith this is not any cruise on the straight country road. Instead, the driver is managing velocity to negotiate some bends. Instead shifting up a gear to enable more comfortable cruising, the low gear is held, therefore ensuring the power-train is absolutely primed and prepared to hasten in the corner of.

Satellite Aided Transmission yet again effortlessly helps, as a highway is approached by Alpine roads, when travelling home. On indication, the car recognises an aim to go into the freeway slip road determined by GPS, or so the car then maintains the proper equipment for a sleek and strong entrance."

2014 Rolls Royce Wraith review