2020 Rolls-Royce Dawn Review
2020 Rolls-Royce Dawn Review
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2020 Rolls-Royce Dawn Review
byChristian Wardlaw
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Christian Wardlaw has worked in the automotive industry since 1994. He has written nearly 10,000 car-related articles and tested and reviewed more than 2,000 vehicles over the course of his career. Chris is a correspondent at Edmunds and was the first editor-in-chief of Edmunds.com in the 1990s. He has also contributed to Autotrader, CarGurus, J.D. Power, Kelley Blue Book, NADAguides, New York Daily News Autos and WardsAuto. His mom claims that his first word was “car,” and Chris believes that Miata is always the answer.
Pros
- Exceptionally powerful, smooth and quiet
- Adults can fit in the back seat
- Seemingly infinite ways to customize
Cons
- Many extra-cost upgrades should be standard at this price
- Money can't buy everything -- no 4G hotspot capability
- So many ways to customize, you'll have to speak with a specialist to build one
What's new
- Dawn Silver Bullet Collection limited to 50 units worldwide
- Part of the first Dawn generation introduced for 2016
Overview
Rolls-Royce ownership is about many things, but the sense of occasion as you approach, step into and drive one is the ultimate draw. It's not the fastest super-luxury car you can buy, or the best-handling, or the most technologically advanced. But nothing whisks you along a route and wafts you down a road quite like a Roller.
Cost to DriveCost to drive estimates for the 2020 Rolls-Royce Dawn 2dr Convertible (6.6L 12cyl Turbo 8A) and comparison vehicles are based on 15,000 miles per year (with a mix of 55% city and 45% highway driving) and energy estimates of $4.31 per gallon for premium unleaded in Ohio.
Monthly estimates based on costs in Ohio
$366/mo for Dawn Base
Dawn Base
vs
$213/mo
Avg. Large Car
The 2020 Rolls-Royce Dawn is the company's four-seat convertible, or "drophead coupe" in the automaker's parlance. It shares fundamentals with the Rolls-Royce Wraith coupe, but it has mostly bespoke bodywork and engineering modifications to account for the missing architecture associated with its fabric convertible top. You can open or close the top in 22 seconds at speeds up to 31 mph, and when the car is buttoned up, Rolls-Royce claims the Dawn is just as quiet inside as the Wraith.
A turbocharged 6.6-liter V12 engine supplies plenty of power, accelerating the Dawn to 60 mph in a touted 4.7 seconds on the way to a top speed of 155 mph. Dynamic accelerator pedal mapping and GPS satellite-aided shifting help the Dawn immediately respond to driver requests for power. Fuel economy is not this car's forte — it is rated by the EPA at 14 mpg in combined driving.
Naturally, the Dawn is beautifully tailored and equipped, but some features that you might expect to be standard are on the options list, such as ventilated front seats, a high-end audio system and advanced driving assistance systems. But when money is no object, value isn't a part of the lexicon in a traditional sense. Rather, the value in the 2020 Rolls-Royce Dawn is being able to customize the limited-production car in such a way that it's likely you'll own the only example ever built to that specification.
Which Dawn does Edmunds recommend?
Think of the Rolls-Royce Dawn as a blank canvas upon which you paint the contents of your ultimate automotive wish list. You'll maximize your creativity by starting with the Base trim, adding equipment from a handful of curated option and appearance packages and then letting your imagination run wild in terms of color, materials and detailing to create a Dawn unlike any other.
2020 Rolls-Royce Dawn models
The 2020 Rolls-Royce Dawn is available in Base and Black Badge trim, each equipped with a turbocharged 6.6-liter V12. In standard specification, the V12 makes 563 horsepower and 605 lb-ft. In the Black Badge, the engine generates 593 hp and 620 lb-ft. Both versions pair with an eight-speed automatic transmission and rear-wheel drive.
Base
Selected highlights of the Dawn's standard equipment list include:
- 20-inch painted aluminum wheels
- Self-righting wheel center caps
- Run-flat tires
- Adaptive air suspension with active stabilizer bars
- Adaptive headlights (swivel as you turn the steering wheel for better illumination in curves)
- Power-retractable Spirit of Ecstasy hood ornament
- Stainless-steel exterior trim
- Power-operated coach-style doors
- Vented umbrella storage within the door panels
- Power fabric convertible top
- Four-passenger seating
- Premium leather upholstery
- Open-pore wood trim and paneling
- Four-zone climate control
- 10.25-inch infotainment system display screen
- Rotary infotainment system controller with touchpad
- Voice recognition system
- 16-speaker stereo system
- Front and rear parking sensors
- Forward collision mitigation (warns you of an impending collision and applies the brakes in certain scenarios)
- Lane departure warning (alerts you if the vehicle begins to drift out of its lane)
- Rollover protection system
Black Badge
The Black Badge is largely a curated cosmetic enhancement to the Dawn. It includes:
- Additional horsepower and torque
- Gloss-black exterior detailing
- Black interior with limited personalization options
Rolls-Royce also built only 50 of the Silver Bullet Collection model of the Dawn for 2020. It comes with:
- Exclusive ultra-metallic silver paint
- Dark exterior details and headlights
- Silver pinstripe
- Partially polished wheels with a translucent shadow finish
- Open-pore carbon-fiber interior trim
- Quilted-leather transmission tunnel cover
- Aero Cowling over the rear seats to give the car the look and feel of a two-seater
2020 Dawn Highlights
Base
Base MSRP Excludes Destination Fee | $356,500 |
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Engine Type | Gas |
Combined MPG | 14 MPG |
Cost to Drive | $366/month |
Seating | 4 seats |
Drivetrain | rear wheel drive |
Warranty | 4 years / unlimited miles |
Safety
Our experts like the Dawn models:
- High-Beam Assistance
- Motorized reflectors reduce glare from oncoming motorists while high-beam headlights are on, increasing nighttime visibility.
- Rollover Protection System
- Should the Dawn roll over, a concealed roll bar, combined with a single-piece windshield frame, deploys to protect occupants.
- Night Vision
- Front-mounted infrared camera with thermal imaging can identify pedestrians, cyclists and animals on the road ahead.
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