The Best Rolls Royce Ever Made!? Spectre FIRST DRIVE 

Agreed, was going to mention the same.

To go less then 300 miles why don't you take your helicopter ?

@@22EpicKobe did that. Look how it turned out

@@Kngmufasa Look how many people died on the road every day. Sorry but you failed ;)

I just drove my Ford Transit custom from Southern Germany to North Lancashire on one tank of diesel. Fcuk these environmentally unfriendly EV’s

From the bank, the airport and the suburbs..... that's it

Honestly? It does matter. I see a LOT of owner-driven RRs on the roads around metro Detroit on the daily. Range DEFINITELY matters.

20 min from 0 to 80 so who cares. Rollsy Royce activate the hot stone massage please!

​@spdcrzy I tell people all the time that range matters because of the time it takes to charge it. Gas is a 5 minute fill up. I think they should just start calling it time anxiety instead of range anxiety

Range doesn’t matter any more than a couple of hours of driving and they will take the jet or helicopter

It's the same when my twin turbo V8 uses stop go

​@@roywilliams4903not really. You have to be stopped already. It's that few seconds before.

yes thats most incovienent thing would be is to get truck license to drive this :D

My 27 year old 2 ton 4.0 Jaguar was silent when stopped. I often glanced down at the rev counter to see if the engine was "on" . As the nutters in control made most of my area 20mph I had to use my brakes all the time as in tickover it went faster than 20mph .

Remember most of new cars nowadays take 6 o 5 years of planning before dropping

Same! He was right. Where is Farshod nowadays amyway.

Salomandrin is really the automotive god. He reveals secrets years in advance

Was it that experimental Phantom that was converted by R-R in … 2012?

No? Do you know RR customers? Most of my neighbors own ghosts and Cullinans for the V12

Also non aggressive torque curve helps for range.

@@Seancanonlycaton93 bro stop smoke 😅

@@Seancanonlycaton93 it's to reduce lag to make it as smooth & responsive as possible but not because it's sporty.. they focus a lot on noise cancellation & a quiet ride especially for people being driven in them who want to take important calls & do business. I think electric RR is good for what they represent is what he means

Maths and Physics, I highly doubt it has a 300 mile range in real world

How does EV batteries compare to what is under the hood of a combustible engine Rolls Royce??

​@@kwasebif I was a trillionaire, the first EV I'd buy would be a rolls You don't buy a rolls to hear the V12 But many appreciate the punch it does pack A battery follows the climate warming people's delusions without compromising anything abt why you'd get a RR In fact, as OP said, it's one of the few cars that only gain from EV transition

These will sell well to the recently rich musicians and sports personalities. Wealthy guys will stick to the V12 behemoths because they know the environmental gains in electric cars at this stage is all hogwash. And they do not really care about optics too.

Electric is junk ! Crappy drive and never ever be practical! All designed to KILL our ENERGY INDEPENDENCE!!!!!!

this channel is extremely underrated

I'm not so sure... You could be right, however, it being electric I'd imagine it will go a million miles easily (the drivetrain minus batteries, anyway).

Not the biggest worry for those that can afford it

They are very hard to get now. Supply is limited.

Thanks buddy!

Rolls Royce clearly don't understand their clientele by releasing this 'car'. This car will go into the history books as the one that started the death of the brand.

@@Diirk Within days of the Spectre’s announcement, RR had taken 300 orders for it. And not 300 total global orders. Those 300 orders were from just US customers. Normal wait time for a RR is about 12 months. Demand for the Spectre is already so high that RR are concerned about whether they’re going to be able to fulfil each order in less than 24 months.

@@Diirk Gone are the days of refined elegance and practicality , this is just a gaudy version of Las Vegas on wheels ...

Doesn't it seem as though Rolls-Royce always has been smooth, quiet, tranquil, easy, and refined? If a typical RR is so quiet that one cannot hear the engine running, how is the Spectre better?

It’s definitely not “more than enough” for many. the range is an “estimate” so in the real usable world is probably 150 miles which is not enough for me personally. If it was real world 300 then yes. But knowing their “estimate” and driven EV’s myself it’s impossible to get even close to what they claim.

@@blueplanet1048 Then charge on the road. If you can afford this car, you're not in a rush.

@@TChalla007 you just don't get it do you? I have driven EVs and based my experience I know it's not enough range for me. The estimated range is very different than the actual real world range especially driving in cold climates or highway speeds. You basically get half of the advertised range which isn't enough

​@@blueplanet1048 I don't get it? Brother you don't know me. I understand how climate plays a role. Battery conditioning. I live in Tiburon Belvedere CA. One of the wealthiest cities in America. Most of the RR are parked with less than 3k miles driven a year. Rarely are they daily drivers. Just like people rarely drive there Ferraris and lambs out here. Most of them have G wagon, land Rovers, for long distance. Go to Newport Coast. The same thing. I wish people would stop using their anecdotal experience as a barometer. Geez. It ain't about you. You driving an EV has nothing to do with someone driving a Rolls. Different lifestyle different driving patterns. Many years ago. I worked for Mercedes. I think I know peoples driving habits based on their career, living situation, wealth. Etc. We know who we're going to market to. Get it now? Have a great day.

its in a class of its own, the ultra luxury city car segment.

300 miles is enough for UK , here in America where this sold most ain’t that enough.

@@MrPlamor Well the brand that makes the car disagrees with you...

Ahahah Rubbish. MrJWW’s content is great but most certainly not targeting ‘discerning car enthusiasts’. Harry’s Garage maybe, Iain Tyrell - definitely.

@@theelitegamers1235 looks like we've got ourselves a fan of shmee. 😂😂😂😂 F*****g gimp 😂😂😂😂

It's actually a feature of the the ZF8 gearbox used by Rolls Royces, BMW and a lot of other car manufacturers. Almost all cars with eco setting are capable of coasting.

The difference is though that the RR is three times as heavy and carries much more momentum than a X3. That means it will feel like it glides forever without needed acceleration. That’s the sailing feeling. Just rolling without any friction.

300miles is loads of range, you need to stop for toilet breaks, drink, lunch! Then you charge.

@@TriviaChallenge As someone who does 1000 mile trips a couple times a year, it really ain't that much. Usually drive at least 300 miles between toilet breaks, goin those speeds on the Autobahn can be covered fairly quickly - but if I gotta wait 1-2 hours for a charge every 300 miles at conservative speeds, that can easily add 20-30% extra travel time. And don't get me wrong it's not just that part, it's also about having to plan very specific routes which will also add time and less room for error/freedom of choice. Currently I give room for one night hotel stay mid-trip, but that stop can be entirely based on how far I get depending on traffic on route, fatigue levels, and hotel location/availability - and if a strict route is planned, there just is so much less freedom on the trip itself. I mean it's not so bad that it can't be overcome of course, but when you're used to just knowing the direction you're driving, and hopping in behind the wheel and going, that level of relaxed approach is worth a lot. Granted, again, the usecase of typical Rolls owners is of course very different from what I just described, but when I think Rolls I think ultimate luxury, and freedom IS the ultimate luxury. Having the freedom of range is something I would expect if I was to consider myself an owner of the Rolls experience. Something I hope they will look into in the future, is perhaps a small range extender in the form of hydrogen fuel cell technology. I think this as an experimental luxury approach to clean electric drive could solve many of the issues at hand - and it being a Rolls, there is room to spend on niche technologies like this.

You don't have de to wait 1-2 hours to recharge. Most decent EVs recharge from 10-80% in 30 minutes or less. Hydrogen tanks aren't small; look how cramped the Toyota Mirai is. And a Rolls owner would literally die of embarrassment and humiliation from getting overtaken by mere peasants while a little hydrogen fuel cell range extender was trying to heave 4 tons of car over the French Alps or along a German autobahn. Plug-in hybrids, range extenders, and hydrogen are dead-end technologies for land transportation.

Same sentiments

Most footages are RR PR, I reckon. But used / editted in the best possible way. Well done.

Private owners maybe, but many owners are chauffeur services.

My thoughts exactly

Front motor makes 255bhp and 269lb ft, and the rear motor makes 483bhp and 524lb ft, battery is 102kWh.

Ride quality was unreal!

@@MrJWW I can only imagine, been following you since The New McLaren 720s video and it's been a hell of a ride, love the content, production and editing. Congratulations on 800k!

Rolls Royce never even attempted to be a performance car. It's purpose is to waft you to and fro silently. Performance was left to Bentley.

Sun visor is probably motorised or hydraulic and positioned via satellite feedback according to the angle of the sun! 😎

@@habsom1406 haha. It has a 6 axis gyroscopic gimbal inside it. Made from graphene.

There are, don't worry

There is a couple of options, the configurator is available so you can check them out.

its a city car essentially. continental drives are a no no, unless you have lots of time.

RR owners fly for longer distances anyway

I'm sure some journalist mentioned that it shares the floor-pan with a 7 series?

The trousers half way up his legs would also bother me.

long distance continental drives might be a headache.

@@MrTimeless101 Not many owners actually do that they'll just fly

I swear to God I'm so glad you typed this. He's so f****** irritating It's like listening to a child review a car. All he does is boast about what cars he's driven and on what race track. As per my comment on this post this is what discerning car fans want content wise. Tim literally is the most irritating guy in the car world. It's like watching my 5-year-old review his new toy

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You are correct. The absence of sound freaked people out because they felt like they were in a deprivation chamber. So sound deadening was removed in the doors and floors and then they were adding in a sound in the C range above 32 decibels.

It’s sold out for approaching 2 years, it has the most pre-orders for any model Rolls-Royce has ever released. The range is plenty. Anyone traveling for more than 300 miles is flying in this sector, they aren’t driving.

I think 400 miles would be more than adequate for most folks .

@@rare6499 Nah. People want to be able to do a round trip of more than 300 miles without re-charging e.g. 175 miles there, and 175 miles back. And no one is getting in a jet for that. Plus, it's nonsense to say that everyone who buys a rolls flies by private yet. That's just James repeating Rolls Royce marketing talking points. To afford a Rolls Royce, you only need single to low double digit millions wealth (not annual income). To afford real private jet travel, you need a budget of millions *per* *year* (unless you spend almost no hours flying). And that's without even considering the future second hand market. As for the order book - we'll see how much people like them once they get them. Plenty of people thought they'd like a Taycan and so bought them, but they're not usable either. Hence so many being given back to dealers. The truth is - 300 miles is not enough range for an EV. Not in a $30K car, not in a $200K car, and certainly not in a $500K car. It's a fantasy to pretend otherwise.

@@remarkable99 it’s still a highly usable range for most people. Of course it could be ‘better’. But that’s where the technology is at currently, and given the car is already sold out for its first two years of production with more orders incoming, there seem to be enough clients who are more than happy with the range.

Also many RR owners have the option of flying for longer distances anyway.