2019 Rolls-Royce Cullinan
'A Rolls-Royce is still a Rolls-Royce'. You can't say it any shorter and more convinced of your own standard. And perhaps we should repeat the saying on the occasion of the presentation of the brand's first SUV. It is a
very tall car with two doors opening in opposite directions. Correspondingly, a flap at the rear opens upwards electrically and another one at the bottom if required. Also electric, the lifting of the loading floor.
You can sit on the lower tailgate, preferably with two additional seats with backrests (video below). The second row is available with three or two seats, the latter even has a cooling compartment. possible. A glass
partition can be added towards the luggage compartment. The seat backs can be folded down. You sit very high and feel as if you are far away from the front of the vehicle.
Exceptionally quiet due to 6 mm double glazing and
100 kg insulation material. |
The van is named after the largest diamond ever found, part of the British crown jewels. From 2020 it will share the platform and even the four-wheel drive with the Phantom. It is air-suspended and a front camera
allows continuous analysis of the road condition. This gives it a great deal of driving comfort, which is, however, achieved by the obviously non-adjustable damping in slightly increased rolling and pitching.
No, it doesn't want to be sporty at all, even though the 2.7 tonner is not unfamiliar with sports car values at acceleration and top speed. Of course, only very economically driving people can limit their fuel consumption
to 15 litres per 100 km. For parking in the city it becomes difficult. The rear axle, which in this case is counter-steering, helps a little.
In the interior the finest leather has remained in all imaginable colours. From the solid wood, which used to frame the instruments, there is only veneer, but in several layers and processed to the finest. The upper part
of the dashboard is now undefined black, the instruments digital with analog charm, the middle display somewhat shamefaced reduced.
After all, there is still the analog clock (picture above) and of course the Emily, which disappears at the slightest hostility. Rolls-Royce is very sensitive about this if there are customer wishes regarding this. Not
everything is permitted here, including any wishes that might influence safety. Otherwise the bespoke department seems to be up to all the other wishes with 'Word-class craftmenship'. 06/19
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