Motoring Discussion > Roll-Royce Dawn Miscellaneous
Thread Author: Armel Coussine Replies: 11
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New Sat 19 Mar 16 14:45 
 Roll-Royce Dawn - Armel Coussine
is reviewed in the motoring section of today's comic. It doesn't look its best in silver over pale blue, but it's a bit rectangular to pass for an elegant body anyway.

Got to be a lovely motor though guv any way you look at it. Of course it costs a few bob to get worse than 14mpg driving gently. More than a quarter of a million quid in fact. Where do people get all this money? I wish I knew.
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New Sat 19 Mar 16 19:37 
 Roll-Royce Dawn - Focusless
>> is reviewed in the motoring section of today's comic.

www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/rolls-royce/rolls-royce-dawn-driven-the-worlds-most-luxurious-convertible/
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New Sat 19 Mar 16 19:43 
 Roll-Royce Dawn - Tigger
"the most uncompromised open-top motoring experience in the world"

Really?

I guess they have different priorities to me.

I'll stick with my mx-5.
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New Sat 19 Mar 16 20:07 
 Roll-Royce Dawn - Dog
I wouldn't say no to one if I had £250k laying about doing nothing:

www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/rolls-royce/dawn-2016/
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New Sat 19 Mar 16 20:55 
 Roll-Royce Dawn - R.P.
10 MX5s and a Range Rover for winter.
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New Sat 19 Mar 16 21:34 
 Roll-Royce Dawn - Runfer D'Hills
I'd have one MX5, a Range Rover for winter, and at least 4 skiing holidays every year and a month in the Caribbean in the summer to recover.

Reminds me, must check that lottery ticket, only a matter of time now the odds are 45 million to one...

;-)
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New Sun 20 Mar 16 10:13 
 Roll-Royce Dawn - Focusless
>> www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/rolls-royce/dawn-2016/

'Updated 9 September 2019' :o
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New Sun 20 Mar 16 10:55 
 Roll-Royce Dawn - Roger.
Looks a bit like a Chrysler!
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New Sun 20 Mar 16 11:34 
 Roll-Royce Dawn - Ted

I transported an original Dawn from Liverpool to Southampton Docks for onward export. That was a nice car.

It may have had a right hand gear change. I have a picture of the car somewhere...I'll try to find it.

Found it....

s479.photobucket.com/user/1400ted/media/Silver%20Dawn/Dawn.jpg.html
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New Sun 20 Mar 16 11:52 
 Roll-Royce Dawn - Armel Coussine
>> Found it....

>> s479.photobucket.com/user/1400ted/media/Silver%20Dawn/Dawn.jpg.html

That looks like a Wraith to me Ted (separate chromed headlights and short boot: the Silver Dawn looked like an R Type Bentley with a RR grille, headlamps faired in and a longer boot pressing. Made I think originally for the US market).

It would certainly have had a r/h gearlever unless it was an auto, as some were.
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New Sun 20 Mar 16 13:12 
 Roll-Royce Dawn - Ted

Down in my records as a Dawn, Lud...1954. Drove it down from home after collection from Dutton Forshaw at Mann Island.

I think it was off to the Middle East after a Sotheby's auction.
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New Sun 20 Mar 16 13:29 
 Roll-Royce Dawn - Armel Coussine
>> Down in my records as a Dawn, Lud...1954.

Well, I'll just have to defer to you on that one. I don't claim any special expertise.

Car makers do play fast and loose with model names sometimes.
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