“This will be the worst Rolls-Royce you’ve ever experienced,” I’m warned, in no uncertain terms. The truth bomb has been dropped ahead of my ride (no driving today) in an early iteration of Spectre, the first fully electrified production car to hail from Goodwood.
Though the development vehicle is barely six weeks old and one of only six pre-production examples in existence, the sneak peek offers a glimpse at a hugely important model that will grace showrooms in late 2023. “We have to train this to become a Rolls-Royce,” the voice continues, “it’s only 25 percent there. It’s in kindergarten now, it needs to go finishing school.” Okay then: I’m fully braced for the least Rolls-Royce experience I’ll have in a Rolls-Royce. Bring it on.
