Luxury Rolls  Royce Cullinan 4x4 You Know You Want One #shorts
Channel: Kings Supercars
Date: 2021-08-31

Luxury Rolls  Royce Cullinan 4x4 You Know You Want One #shorts

Let's first of all square this whole Rolls Royce going off-road thing.
Because it's not that much of a surprise.

Nearly a hundred years ago Rolls Royces would regularly go off-road,
because there were no roads.

And the legend of Rolls Royce was built on the fact they were indestructible and they could drive on gravel roads.

Does it feel wrong to be doing this in a Rolls Royce? I'm not sure it does.
A car's a car, isn't it? It's a massive SUV, it should be able to do this.
The refinement in this thing is extraordinary.

We've been in it for 10 minutes and it is unquestionably the quietest SUV ever built.

I think in engineering terms this is incredibly impressive. It's massive, it's quiet, it's so comfortable.

The ride quality is... It's not been seen in a car of this type before.
However, and this is the subjective bit... 

From the rear three-quarter, I can live with it. From the front, I think it looks... There's a technical phrase for this... **** terrible.

Last night a man from Rolls Royce told us how the company had agonized for ages about whether it should build an SUV or not.

But I'm not sure I buy into that, it was a no-brainer.

Rolls-Royce is known for limousine-like sedans such as the Ghost and Phantom, but the rich and famous—much like the rest of the car-buying world—aren't as into the three-box shape as they once were. 

To appease this sector of megawealthy patrons, Rolls came up with the Cullinan, the pinnacle of the SUV species. 

This mammoth machine gets its name from a gigantic diamond, which is appropriate considering the ute's overwhelming opulence and ultra-expensive price. The back seat feels as spacious as a living room, and the Spirit of Ecstasy hood ornament broadcasts the size of the owner's bank account. 

The Rolls tries to justify its premium with a velvety V-12 engine and an utterly tranquil ride. 

But while buyers can personalize the cabin with bespoke options, there's some questionable content, including an inelegant digital gauge setup and an inflexible rear bench seat. Still, the 2021 Cullinan is nothing short of a rolling palace that pampers riders and amazes onlookers.

In the make-believe scenario that we could afford a Cullinan, we'd choose the Crystal paint scheme, the 22-inch seven-spoke wheels, the gold-plated Spirit of Ecstasy hood ornament, and the electronic tow hitch. 

We'd spec the Immersive Seating with Center Console option, which gives the rear seats massage functionality and replaces the center seat with a console that doubles as a cooling bin with two champagne flutes and a whiskey decanter. 

And we wouldn't pass up the opportunity to have the fabric above our heads display a fiber-optic starry night sky via the Shooting Star Headliner. Finally, we'd add the rear privacy glass and side curtains to make the back row into a tranquil hideout.

Engine, Transmission, and Performance

The Cullinan's twin-turbo 6.7-liter V-12 provides 563 horsepower and is whisper quiet, lest it disturb the VIPs in the cabin. In our testing, we recorded a 60-mph time of just 4.5 seconds—impressive for a vehicle that weighs about three tons. 

All-wheel drive is standard, although we suspect buyers will never venture off the tarmac and risk damaging the paint. The Cullinan rides on an air suspension that receives information from a road-scanning camera and automatically adjusts the vehicle's height to compensate for imperfections in the pavement. 

Ride comfort is beyond the standards of regular luxury vehicles, as the Cullinan wafts down the road and transmits nothing unpleasant to the people inside.


Rolls-Royce Cullinan Is the Dilaudid of SUVs

Fuel Economy and Real-World MPG

Per the EPA's methodology, the 2021 Cullinan's V-12 powertrain will consume 12 mpg in the city and 20 mpg on the highway. Believe it or not, those figures aren't the worst in the class. The V-12-powered Bentley Bentayga boasts ratings of 12 mpg city and 17 highway, and the Mercedes-AMG G63, 13 mpg city, and 15 highway. We ran the Cullinan on our 75-mph highway fuel-economy route, which is part of our extensive testing regimen, and it outperformed expectations, achieving 21 mpg.

Interior, Comfort, and Cargo
The spacious cabin is lined in box-grain leather, lambs-wool carpeting, beautiful wood trim, and milled aluminum accents. If you want an even higher level of luxury, Rolls-Royce will customize almost every part of the Cullinan's already lavish interior with whatever delights you can imagine. 

The only warts in this otherwise decadent space are the fully digital gauge cluster that lacks the elegance of an analog setup and the standard rear seating that's as inflexible as a park bench. At least buyers can rectify the latter issue by optioning the two-seat second row with adjustability and massage functions.

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