Marques is probably the only person i know who'd record a review of a half million dollar car, whilst it's sat there covered in more salt than the local fishing boats
As I read your comment, the thought 'is he even allowed to wash his car at work' randomly popped into my head. In my country, that's a damn stupid question, but according to Bard, he might actually need some kind of permit?! Take that with a grain of AI salt, but since this isn't his first rodeo, there may be a touch of truth to it😅
I was literally thinking the same thing hahaha but on second thought you can't take a $500,000 car just anywhere to wash it especially if it's (im assuming) a press car. The risk of scratching or damaging a press car from trying to wash it is probably not worth the headache. That's my guess
A German reviewer mentioned that Rolls Royce said that "People who buy these sort of cars, use the plane for everything further than 300km." That is why they never tried to extend the range.😂
@@Kryojenix Sure, but that's not REALLY how they're presenting it either. It's a superior luxury experience by virtue of being electric. So, it's less that "we made compromises to be environmental" and more "you want this electric because it's even better than what you had". The environmental aspects are a small marketing cherry on top.
It’s incredible when you review something how you always get the essential point of it. In Germany we call it the Quintessenz of it. Thank you very much. I’m not surprised that the infotainment system is so good because of the fact that the car manufacturing part of Rolls Royce belongs to BMW. Such an expensive car, but the trunk button is the same as in my BMW X4.
in english we have whats called "quintessential" which is used to describe something that is a typical example/nessecary part of something else! kind of ahaha
Saw one other review apologizing that it had a spec of salt. Marques just rolls with it and shows that it’s used. Both good reviews in their own way and love it.
Marques is presenting the car real in the real world and I love it. This review just happened to be in NJ during a normal winter with all the typical road salt splash on your car!
I agree, and it totally makes sense. there's alot of things you can do to make buttons and switches special; a touchscreen can only be customized so much. also when every car manufacturer is replacing their controls with tablets, you have to stand out.
Every brand must have different vehicles for different people who appreciate it The vintage regal ones with buttons and small lever type mechanisms . The futuristic button less types
Marques, I loved those little infectious smiles and grins. A nice presentation again. If I had the money, I would now buy one - just because of you. Well done & thank you.
Exactly. RR is one of the few companies out there that can justify a relatively small range. No RR owner needs to drive that far, let alone drive themselves.
No brand fits electric more perfectly than rolls. Their cars were always big, heavy, quiet and luxurious. Going electric allowed it to be even more quiet while also performing better on the road. Big W for anyone with the money to buy one.
@@NYCybertruck As one would have been prior to the cheaper RR models' going electric.... Except the Spectre is based on the Phantom platform, not the cheaper/BMW platform.
@@NYCybertruck That's like saying a petrol version is just a bmw with a better interior. But they really should of gone with Tesla as 260 miles with such a low HP number? They should of gone the plaid specs. Would of been the same price too.
When I was kid growing up, my dream car was a Ferrari, but honestly after becoming an adult I'm absolutely mesmerised by Rolls Royce. I highly doubt I'd ever be able sit in one, let alone afford one, but the Rolls Royce Phantom is my dream car. I really like what they've done with the Phantom, and I do wonder if there's an EV version of it coming out before the end of this decade.
My wife's cousin is an engineer at the Rolls Royce factory which is near where we live in UK, and he's allowed to book it out for evenings and weekends - can you believe it, he's mid 20s! He brought it over this week, and we went touring around the country roads round us. I wonder if Marques noticed - he didn't mention it, so probably he didn't drive at night - but those 'stars' in the headlining actually have shooting stars that randomly shoot across the headlining!!! It really is an occasion to ride in this car, and I love that it represents total dedication to excellence in every detail. Another small thing: those hub caps with the "RR" letters in the middle: they don't turn, they are always pointing up the 'right way'...
@@rogerfinch7651 Yes we're in nearby Portsmouth. Lucky them, eh? My father had a Silver Shadow when I was a kid, so it was great to experience the latest generation and first electric Rolls Royce! It's a massive car though... you're nearly sitting at the same height as mid sized SUVs in UK!
A 20 year old rolls royce engineer is allowed to book out a half a million car for evenings and weekend? sounds like codswallop but stranger things have happened.
cool, looking forward to having an NRA for tanks. We will be debating whether having a tank is just for self defence and is a necessary tool for safety on the roads. Instead of school shootings we'll have road warfare
I believe it's because for the type of people buying this car, actual HP/performance numbers shouldn't matter - it's a luxury vehicle meant for extremely comfortable and quiet transportation, not a track or performance car. Power Reserve is just to show some kind of "how much power we got left" even though it's most often not useful to know. Rolls-Royce cars _have_ enough power for what they're designed for.
@@adityaraghuvanshi3947 on a car where virtually nothing, and definitely not the seats comes off an assembly line. You're paying 2500 bucks for the seamstress to grab a spool with a different colour.
BMW now own RR, but each car is still hand-crafted in Goodwood, England. A few parts are German but the craftsmanship is English and still of the highest quality. Wonderful car.
These are built 10minutes up the road from me here in Chichester, UK. The huge difference in cost / quality is the significant amount of hand crafting that goes into these vs say a top end S Class. Quality of fit and finish and materials is second to none.
I live 15 minutes from the RR factory, it is incredible how many RRs are roaming around Chichester, being test-driven, or road-tested, and it is a real joy to see one in a quiet setting on top of the Trundle in the sunshine being photographed by, probably the new owner. We are so lucky to have the world's best car being built on our doorstep.
Need more purple cars. I had a purple Neon almost 25 years ago, I loved it. Purple is slowly coming back on some manufacturers' trims recently, though, so there is hope.
@@sweetlemonade123 it would likely have to be trailered to the location to keep it clean if the roads are as salted as he said. Throw in a high end detailer with insurance and it probably turns into a bigger production than it needs to be for this channel 😅
@@MountainDrew42 I wonder what he shot this on. He's said a few times already that he likes trying out different phones on this channel. Does the resolution go up to 8k? I know he swears by 30fps and I don't think there are many phones out now that can do that with stabilisation. At 24fps, maybe, but he hates that frame rate. He may have even made a shirt to show just how much he hates it😅
@@falxonPSN He was saying a thing. That thing he said was in fact false. Nobody has ever seen a car part that is solid chrome. Car parts that are chrome plated are made out of some sort of base metal.
When I used to work valet a while back, I got to drive a Spectre. Coming from a tuner background, all of my cars had track-tuned suspension, while driving the Spectre felt like I was literally driving a cloud. That's the only way I could describe it; the car feels like it's floating.
8:09 Why don't more electric cars design their dashboards like this? There are plenty of us who prefer the analog look, as opposed to a cluster(fxxx) of numbers, graphs, and illustrations of lane assist!
I came back to this video cause of the track you had on the infotainment system. I must admit it is only now I am seeing why that specific track was selected for this video. Nice play on matching the colours. S/o to more and more of these crisp, quality, phenomenal videos Car Journalist/Enthusiast Marques.
Nearly 7,000 lbs is unthinkably ridiculous for a coupe. Like unfathomably heavy. It weighs pretty much the same as a Cybertruck, and a Chevy Suburban weighs over 1,000 lbs less than both. God help us all if these things crash into anything.
ive watched so many of the videos i love the entertainment value of your channel! i wish there was more consideration to long term value of the car vs the initial use convenience and driving habits as these vehicles learn and also have hidden "fail safes" to prevent electronic failures. for instance a misfiring engine may still get you to a&b but an Ev with disabling logic may leave you stranded when the vehicle is actually safe to "drive"
I remember someone who interviewed one of the spokespeople for Rolls Royce about the spectre and said the range was bad and what if the owner wanted to travel 300 miles and back in a day? The spokesperson said well in that case they would take their helicopter. Great response. 👍
I drove the first one that got delivered to U.S. It was spec'd perfectly. It's the quietest car I've ever driven. The car indeed "makes no sense" as you put it, and it's what's wonderful about it.
This is the first time I see a Rolls so dirty. Actually makes it more relatable, and feel more realistically attainable. Even though it really, really isn't.
@@franciscorullan where I live, they don't even sell Rolls Royce. Also, where I live, on a great programmer's salary, with the wife also working full time in tech, we're considered "rich" - yet, we can't afford to buy _any_ new car, let alone a house. Hopefully one day we'll save enough to move to a better economy and enjoy the fruits of our work. To be clear, I'm extremely grateful and happy that I can make a living without breaking my already-bad back, and never go hungry, and neither does my wife and child. But in our economy, I'll never be able to afford large expenses without some lucky break, such as my company "exiting" or a lottery win. That's what happens when your parents leave you with debt...
@@BobWithHat You sound like you're a very intelligent and humble person. I'm sorry about the inherited debt. I'm not rich either. I've just graduated and am in tens of thousands of debt and am interviewing for jobs while in the early stages of creating my own tech startup. I've felt the indicators and their heaviness of life's "realities" and situations that one finds while growing up that can make people more complacent with their situation. Yet, I firmly believe in the American dream regardless of how difficult it may be and at times even at the whims of luck and timing. Please don't let the childhood enthusiasms in you die because they are more useful when you're older and have the resources and experience to create great, valuable things. Whether it's sacrificing 30 minutes a day to create a new venture, or pivoting and scaling a current one, you can do it Bob. Adjust the sails, feel the wind on your face and sail on.
@@franciscorullan thanks for the words of encouragement, mate! Life can be rough, for sure, and it's our lot in life to build happiness out of the shards of light we find along the way. Maybe one day I'll be able to move to the US and live out this "American dream" (or what remains of it these days, but that's a different conversation). Best of luck with your entrepreneurship, would love to one day hear about your enterprise! Keep on keeping on, one day we can rest knowing we did all we could for a better world for us and our legacy.
I Love your response to the quietness, your like blow a way and actually like “no way “ how can this be soooo quite! I can never afford one but I like the styling of the Rolls very nice design.
Rolls Royce is doing the controls right. every electric car seems to be obsessed with making the entire dashboard/controls interface on a touch screen, which is neither good for safety nor for ease of user..
Screens show more info but knowing more doesn’t necessarily mean a better experience I think. The heating controls for example why is the exact temp more important than how you intuitively feel? I know the spectre doesn’t show how hot the cabin is.
Marques called the S-Class a luxury car but that's premium with a luxury loom and feel. Rolls Royce and Bentley are true luxury brands because they put importance on real materials and as much handcrafted or finely crafted parts as possible. Marques talked about how smooth the air vents moved but brushed over what he demonstrated that they actually were metal. On an S-class, 7-series etc they might be plastic with a metal look. I think Rolls Royce at least will resist pure touchscreen controls because the customers want the tactility, tradition and as a brand they don't need to cut costs by reducing physical controls.
I have driven both the S Class and the latest Bentley Bentayga. They are both Luxury cars. Bentley Bentayga also have lots of plastic, but cost 3 times the price of the S class. I can tell you it’s not smoother to drive than a S class. Yes they have more hand finished items and more expensive carpet, but the leather look and feel Similar. The Mercedes is the best value Luxury car you can buy, anything over that and it’s just about status, and money no object. The Bentley cost £1300 for a standard oil service. Elon musk put everything on a screen to cut costs, now people think it’s better. As a model Owner, my car would be much better with some buttons. Not safe going into the screen menu for everything. The buttons will come back on the higher end cars like Mercedes and BMW
@bossman4401 I wonder if that's down to the Bentayga being the sister car to the Toureg, Cayenne, Q8, Q7 and Urus and one of the last on that platform. I feel BMW let's Rolls Royce be as bespoke as possible and more exclusive as well as the pinnacle whereas Bentley is apparently below or was below Bugatti and then maybe shares more from the VAG parts bin.
@@CDN_Store I Didn’t mention RR. RR is the Ultimate Luxury car. They play by their own rules, However the Mercedes Maybach is the most comfortable car you can sit in, they have the best seats that can recline in any position for your comfort.
Yea, but its only for the beginning the BYD Seal accelerates faster. Then, after a bit less than a quarter mile, the Tesla Model 3 starts to accelerate faster and overtake the BYD Seal.
This is the first Rolls Royce I've ever wanted! Would have loved to have been a passenger while you did this review. THANKS for a look at the car I will never be able to afford. But I can still dream...
I am quite astonished that a car like the electric Rolls-Royce Spectre, costing half a million dollars, doesn't plug itself into the socket. That's unbelievable.
@@CovKid2K10I wouldn’t be surprised if he was advised against it from rolls royce themselves. I doubt there are many cleaners that can be trusted with this kind of car.
I wish you could get a car with the quiet cab and cloud suspension but cheap out on the rest, basic fabric seats and none of the chrome... I'm poor but would love a quiet soft car, lol. Absolutely in love with the purple tho
Can't speak on suspension, but some speaker shops will add that sound foam to the doors for an extra charge. Actually made a significant difference when I did it and it wasn't that expensive.
Love Marques' reviews - his voice is so calming in this crazy world. But I am kind of shocked that there are almost a million views of an electric Rolls Royce review in just 3 days.
This car was so quiet during testing, that some people got motion sickness because the car was moving but they thought it was still in parking position. Eventually RR removed about 250lb sound proofing.
I was honestly surprised they didn't go electric sooner. A RR is the perfect candidate for an EV. Their gas cars are already super quiet. I'm also shocked they decided to do a couple first. A 4 door phantom like sedan with a trunk and frunk would be sick. Either way, I love this car. It's gorgeous. Very much out of my price range but salute to the lucky person who can afford this.
Quietness in a cabin can sometimes go under appreciated. Bravo to RR for (as always) wildly overdoing it in that department. My ONLY concern with it in this car, however, is not hearing fire engine or ambulance sirens in enough time to stop for them.
Yea we have a 2011 Phantom in the family. You can see and feel the difference. It's the result of when you try to do everything to the extreme, and pay master craftsmen and women to do what they do by hand. Ask me? The star of the show is sitting people in it and telling them to take their shoes off so they can feel that plush carpet. It's one of those, "....oh." moments. Also, the sound system is second to none. Those subs hit real, real different. I'd like to drive a Spectre soon. The more modern tech would be ideal, as the older 2011's nav and related tech aged very poorly.
I had a buddy with one of these BMW/Rolls things, and I was so disappointed in the weird attention you'd get. People pull dangerously close to you on the freeway and attempt to peer in. We came out of a restaurant, and some guys in a f-150 tried to block us, so we couldn't get out. Of course, it had BMW problems that were just eye-watering, and he had to get lawyers involved. It was fun for the first day, and then I felt like a circus clown riding around in it.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE that BMW/Rolls stayed true to their interior design language here. This is more proof that giant screens and digital controls do not equal luxury. Interacting with tactile, substantial feeling controls is so much more pleasing than pecking around on a screen. To really get into the weeds; even their philosophy on climate control is wonderful. No finicky temp setting buttons or excessive displays. Slide the wheel into the blue for colder, or into the red for warmer. It’s just better. Simple, elegant, perfect.
When Rolls Royce asked whether the shortish range for the Spectre would be a problem their customer’s response was if they wanted to go further the ‘d take their helicopter or private jet. It really is a different word!
I love the power reserve thing, actually makes a lot of sense due how battery can only sustain so much. On the other hand tho, Tesla is able to mask that pretty well as not a lot of ppl floor them continuosly… so maybe it's unnecessary anxiety? From Autobahn with love :D
Marques, You're a master at your craft Bro! love the subtlety and symbolic presentation of the RR! As you said you don't need to go luxury above and beyone S-Class, those who do want to will have to pony up have F*#! You Money! It just overly decadent and obscene amount of money for a vehicle.
.....I had narrowed my new car choice down to two vehicles, this being one of them. Due to EV range anxiety I decided to go with my other option, expecting delivery of my Honda CR-V early next month.
Having been out in one of these, they are absolutely beautiful and so so comfortable. It accelerates like nothing I've ever been in before, the drive is so smooth, and it really doesn't feel like you're moving at all. It's an incredibly machine, although a bit difficult to get out of the back if you're short!
Other reviewers: have to make sure to give the car a wash so it looks presentable in shots. Marques: yeah, let me off-road this half a million-dollar car through some shit before I start filming
i wish you spliced some video from other test drives to compare the quietness. for me going straight from deadset quiet standstill, to then being able to hear the road while driving makes it hard for me to compare
Marques is probably the only person i know who'd record a review of a half million dollar car, whilst it's sat there covered in more salt than the local fishing boats
As I read your comment, the thought 'is he even allowed to wash his car at work' randomly popped into my head. In my country, that's a damn stupid question, but according to Bard, he might actually need some kind of permit?! Take that with a grain of AI salt, but since this isn't his first rodeo, there may be a touch of truth to it😅
I'd get roasted for doing the same on my channel LOL
@@BenjaminMutukuand? Controversies & engagement gives more views anyways. Do it next time
@@BenjaminMutukunobody asked
I was literally thinking the same thing hahaha but on second thought you can't take a $500,000 car just anywhere to wash it especially if it's (im assuming) a press car. The risk of scratching or damaging a press car from trying to wash it is probably not worth the headache. That's my guess
A German reviewer mentioned that Rolls Royce said that "People who buy these sort of cars, use the plane for everything further than 300km." That is why they never tried to extend the range.😂
Honestly true. Theyll have the assistant drive it the whole way loo
@@averyshaw2142 I think the coupe is for self-driving. The Phantom is for being driven. It's not electric, but the customers don't care.
Jet-fuel emissions. No environmental bent for the car being electric - at all.
When you know your market🤷🏿♂️
@@Kryojenix Sure, but that's not REALLY how they're presenting it either. It's a superior luxury experience by virtue of being electric. So, it's less that "we made compromises to be environmental" and more "you want this electric because it's even better than what you had". The environmental aspects are a small marketing cherry on top.
I took a shot everytime he said "soft"... I'm currently in the back of an ambulance on the way to the emergency room..
c'mon don't be so soft
Omg don't try this I just did 😢
I hope they folks at the ER were soft on ya
Brilliant comment. 😅😅
This video made me SO SOFT! :D :D :D
I know it’s been commented- but the car being dirty is the most impactful and memorable LAUGH of this video. I love it. Ridin’ Dirty!
Cheap, reliable and easy maintenance.
the perfect car for the work-class people.
Bro thinks we all live in Wakanda
Ah yes luxury cars shouldn't exist because they are not for working class.
@@wavecopper1 correct
@@lexistential what's next? Homes shouldn't exist because homeless people exist?
@@wavecopper1 you sound like my dad
"Suspension feels just like a Maybach" - ah! Thanks for making it relatable!
Imagine Kim Kardashian on a waterbed
Never thought I'd watch Marques Brownlee review cars, but I'm here for it
It’s incredible when you review something how you always get the essential point of it. In Germany we call it the Quintessenz of it. Thank you very much. I’m not surprised that the infotainment system is so good because of the fact that the car manufacturing part of Rolls Royce belongs to BMW. Such an expensive car, but the trunk button is the same as in my BMW X4.
in english we have whats called "quintessential" which is used to describe something that is a typical example/nessecary part of something else! kind of ahaha
@robertferwagner3051 You forgot to mention that it is largely hand-crafted in England.
@@henrydodson655 You are right. 👍
@@briantitchener4829 especially the infotainment and the trunkbutton. Of course.
@@robertferwagner3051Surely an English-crafted Rolls has a button for opening the 'boot' not the trunk, even if it does come from a cheap X4!
Saw one other review apologizing that it had a spec of salt. Marques just rolls with it and shows that it’s used. Both good reviews in their own way and love it.
Soft
Rolls with it? I see what you did there! 😂
Autogefühl?
@@ZEbelgiumfreak yep
Marques is presenting the car real in the real world and I love it. This review just happened to be in NJ during a normal winter with all the typical road salt splash on your car!
I love that Rolls have so many physical buttons and dials. Who'd have thought that physical buttons would be considered luxury.
I would.
I've said it since start.
Brands like Audi pretending that their plastic glossy black and touch is luxury has always been BS.
I agree, and it totally makes sense. there's alot of things you can do to make buttons and switches special; a touchscreen can only be customized so much. also when every car manufacturer is replacing their controls with tablets, you have to stand out.
Every brand must have different vehicles for different people who appreciate it
The vintage regal ones with buttons and small lever type mechanisms .
The futuristic button less types
Physical buttons are dated, dust traps and not luxury. Luxury should be in the software design.
they are, everything that's not needed is luxury, that's what defines luxury
Marques, I loved those little infectious smiles and grins. A nice presentation again. If I had the money, I would now buy one - just because of you. Well done & thank you.
He doesn't fall for sugary flattery.
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@@randyvfromtheperch, Do you think Marques can afford to "donate" a Rolls Royce to me? 🙂
@@dallen521I think he can… will he? Anything is possible 😂😂
i'm jealous of that quietness lol my model 3 with 19" wheels is so incredibly loud, the road noise is just crazy and you feel every bump
My model 3 with 19" wheels is fine :/
I think the Model S is quieter.
Hello Rich cunts. I'm-$2k..... fant even afford a 5th hand 1866 corolla. Lol 😢
The range is tailored to the target group, if they want to travel farther than 300 miles, they just take the helicopter or plane
Exactly. RR is one of the few companies out there that can justify a relatively small range. No RR owner needs to drive that far, let alone drive themselves.
@@HarryVerolmedon't kid yourself. 99% of regular people drive less than 300 miles 99% of the time
Yep, or have a chauffeur charge it
No brand fits electric more perfectly than rolls. Their cars were always big, heavy, quiet and luxurious. Going electric allowed it to be even more quiet while also performing better on the road. Big W for anyone with the money to buy one.
Yeah, but conversely, you’re now basically paying half a million dollars for what amounts to a BMW i7 with a better interior
@@NYCybertruckI think you're selling it a bit short, it's not just a better interior, its a Rolls-Royce interior.
@@NYCybertruck As one would have been prior to the cheaper RR models' going electric.... Except the Spectre is based on the Phantom platform, not the cheaper/BMW platform.
@@NYCybertruck That's like saying a petrol version is just a bmw with a better interior. But they really should of gone with Tesla as 260 miles with such a low HP number? They should of gone the plaid specs. Would of been the same price too.
@@RainShadow-yi3xr It’d better be a pretty fucking nice interior if I’m paying a 6 figure premium for it several times over.
When I was kid growing up, my dream car was a Ferrari, but honestly after becoming an adult I'm absolutely mesmerised by Rolls Royce.
I highly doubt I'd ever be able sit in one, let alone afford one, but the Rolls Royce Phantom is my dream car.
I really like what they've done with the Phantom, and I do wonder if there's an EV version of it coming out before the end of this decade.
Same
Never wanted a RR till now. It's BEAUTIFUL!
My wife's cousin is an engineer at the Rolls Royce factory which is near where we live in UK, and he's allowed to book it out for evenings and weekends - can you believe it, he's mid 20s! He brought it over this week, and we went touring around the country roads round us. I wonder if Marques noticed - he didn't mention it, so probably he didn't drive at night - but those 'stars' in the headlining actually have shooting stars that randomly shoot across the headlining!!! It really is an occasion to ride in this car, and I love that it represents total dedication to excellence in every detail. Another small thing: those hub caps with the "RR" letters in the middle: they don't turn, they are always pointing up the 'right way'...
I was hoping that MKBHD would mention how the hub caps do in cold weather.
They're weighted caps, so exactly similar in every climate!@@Ndoda71
They mentioned the shooting stars in waveform pod. Chichester eh? My cousins mate does the same borrow 😁👍
@@rogerfinch7651 Yes we're in nearby Portsmouth. Lucky them, eh? My father had a Silver Shadow when I was a kid, so it was great to experience the latest generation and first electric Rolls Royce! It's a massive car though... you're nearly sitting at the same height as mid sized SUVs in UK!
A 20 year old rolls royce engineer is allowed to book out a half a million car for evenings and weekend? sounds like codswallop but stranger things have happened.
Every time MKBHD says the word soft, take a drink!
a soft drink?
Of water.. 😒
drink milk
@@LIFEOFSTUFFEDANIMALS no henny
You would end up blackout by the end of this video
I've just subscribed to this channel hoping to find a whisper test in every review 🤣
Gorgeous. This is the first time I have been tempted to trade in my 1998 Honda CRV.
Thanks Marques! I was on the fence about trading in my '16 civic but you've pushed me over the edge!
Maybe you didn't need no push ....
'16 hits different
Cars are getting heavier and heavier. Soon they will make a legal tank that you can drive on the street.
you forgot they already made the cybertruck
with no infrastructure to sustain it lol
cool, looking forward to having an NRA for tanks. We will be debating whether having a tank is just for self defence and is a necessary tool for safety on the roads.
Instead of school shootings we'll have road warfare
Luxury sedans*
But it's great because it makes you a MAN! And Americans wanna feel like a MAN!
The subtle excitement is making this video great! 😂
“It’s crazy, doesn’t make any sense, but it makes perfect sense.”
Describes every super luxury car and super car every made.
For the record, Rolls Royce uses "power reserve" in all their vehicles, regardless of model. It's homage to the olden days off Rolls Royce.
I believe it's because for the type of people buying this car, actual HP/performance numbers shouldn't matter - it's a luxury vehicle meant for extremely comfortable and quiet transportation, not a track or performance car. Power Reserve is just to show some kind of "how much power we got left" even though it's most often not useful to know.
Rolls-Royce cars _have_ enough power for what they're designed for.
The option prices are about what I expected, with one exception... $1000 for a black umbrella?! What in the actual hell
Yeah like if you keep it up long enough it should make it stop raining...EVERYWHERE.
Yeah, some things only exist to flex how much money you can waste.
$2500 for purple threads on seat covers.
actually cheap, i think you get 2 for that price /s
@@adityaraghuvanshi3947 on a car where virtually nothing, and definitely not the seats comes off an assembly line. You're paying 2500 bucks for the seamstress to grab a spool with a different colour.
My 5K Honda Civic is still going strong after 200k miles. Picked up my current wife with it!
BMW now own RR, but each car is still hand-crafted in Goodwood, England. A few parts are German but the craftsmanship is English and still of the highest quality. Wonderful car.
The only question that comes to my mind and probably everyone's mind is why didn't @mkbhd get the car cleaned before this review.
a drive from the car wash to his film spot would make the car like that. I live in Jersey, I would know
@@scootinhootin6928 I do live in Jersey as well. 😀 I hear you. But MKBHD might have an explanation for this. Might be a surprise 😉
I doubt there are many cleaners that can be trusted with a Rolls Royce, I'm guessing he was adviced against it.
I came here to make the same comment about cleaning the car, but yeah, I agree that maybe you can’t trust this kind of car to any random car wash.
RR’s press team should have sorted out a way to get it safely washed before a shoot.
These are built 10minutes up the road from me here in Chichester, UK. The huge difference in cost / quality is the significant amount of hand crafting that goes into these vs say a top end S Class. Quality of fit and finish and materials is second to none.
This makes the S class look cheap. Tbh I feel like the current gen S Class has too much tech and doesn’t look built to a premium quality.
I don't think the top of the range Maybach loses too much to this.
I live 15 minutes from the RR factory, it is incredible how many RRs are roaming around Chichester, being test-driven, or road-tested, and it is a real joy to see one in a quiet setting on top of the Trundle in the sunshine being photographed by, probably the new owner. We are so lucky to have the world's best car being built on our doorstep.
Yeah… that UA-cam doc on the making of one is insanely good. The level of detail 👌🏼
they are also entirely bespoke. people don't realize that with RR, you can change literally *everything* on the vehicle. everything.
It says: "Wash me!". Big fan of RR just because how ridiculously impractical whole thing is. And very nice color too!
Need more purple cars. I had a purple Neon almost 25 years ago, I loved it. Purple is slowly coming back on some manufacturers' trims recently, though, so there is hope.
I miss YT content like this, with less editing and more raw footage, nice job MKBHD. Legend.
Although maybe turn on stabilization, this is too shaky
go watch Sam Sulek
Also maybe wash the damn car...
@@sweetlemonade123 it would likely have to be trailered to the location to keep it clean if the roads are as salted as he said. Throw in a high end detailer with insurance and it probably turns into a bigger production than it needs to be for this channel 😅
@@MountainDrew42 I wonder what he shot this on. He's said a few times already that he likes trying out different phones on this channel. Does the resolution go up to 8k? I know he swears by 30fps and I don't think there are many phones out now that can do that with stabilisation. At 24fps, maybe, but he hates that frame rate. He may have even made a shirt to show just how much he hates it😅
Hearing that chrome ting on the vent was insane. That's quality. Actual chrome jeez
The "ting" is not from chrome on the surface. It is from the fact that even for a vent, they used a hard strong metal for the body of it.
@@kensmith5694 He was saying it is likely solid chrome. Something people under 50 have probably never even thought of or seen on a car.
@@falxonPSN He was saying a thing. That thing he said was in fact false. Nobody has ever seen a car part that is solid chrome. Car parts that are chrome plated are made out of some sort of base metal.
just like all those 'sexy' luxury car videos lol
"solid" chrome is not a thing.
When I used to work valet a while back, I got to drive a Spectre. Coming from a tuner background, all of my cars had track-tuned suspension, while driving the Spectre felt like I was literally driving a cloud. That's the only way I could describe it; the car feels like it's floating.
8:09 Why don't more electric cars design their dashboards like this? There are plenty of us who prefer the analog look, as opposed to a cluster(fxxx) of numbers, graphs, and illustrations of lane assist!
I came back to this video cause of the track you had on the infotainment system. I must admit it is only now I am seeing why that specific track was selected for this video. Nice play on matching the colours. S/o to more and more of these crisp, quality, phenomenal videos Car Journalist/Enthusiast Marques.
Nearly 7,000 lbs is unthinkably ridiculous for a coupe. Like unfathomably heavy. It weighs pretty much the same as a Cybertruck, and a Chevy Suburban weighs over 1,000 lbs less than both. God help us all if these things crash into anything.
It has the brakes but yeah, if this gets out of control.... oh no.
... not to mention the 9,000-pound Hummer EV!
They made it weigh so much so that if it crashes, it feels nice and soft. Just plow the other car out of the way like it's not even there
I doubt anyone of us will ever encounter one on the road. There are more dangerous shotboxes on the road to worry about
It's actually genius @@Jeffrey_Wong
ive watched so many of the videos i love the entertainment value of your channel! i wish there was more consideration to long term value of the car vs the initial use convenience and driving habits as these vehicles learn and also have hidden "fail safes" to prevent electronic failures. for instance a misfiring engine may still get you to a&b but an Ev with disabling logic may leave you stranded when the vehicle is actually safe to "drive"
First time I see Marques. What a great presenter.
I remember someone who interviewed one of the spokespeople for Rolls Royce about the spectre and said the range was bad and what if the owner wanted to travel 300 miles and back in a day? The spokesperson said well in that case they would take their helicopter. Great response. 👍
I drove the first one that got delivered to U.S. It was spec'd perfectly. It's the quietest car I've ever driven. The car indeed "makes no sense" as you put it, and it's what's wonderful about it.
Nice review, but I really would have given this car a wash before filming. Would have loved to appreciate its beautiful paint job in full glory
The dash recording thing is actually just a standard BMW feature, which you can activate by triple tapping the parking sensor button
This is the first time I see a Rolls so dirty. Actually makes it more relatable, and feel more realistically attainable. Even though it really, really isn't.
Stop limiting yourself with that mindset
Love that respond ma G
@@franciscorullan where I live, they don't even sell Rolls Royce. Also, where I live, on a great programmer's salary, with the wife also working full time in tech, we're considered "rich" - yet, we can't afford to buy _any_ new car, let alone a house.
Hopefully one day we'll save enough to move to a better economy and enjoy the fruits of our work.
To be clear, I'm extremely grateful and happy that I can make a living without breaking my already-bad back, and never go hungry, and neither does my wife and child. But in our economy, I'll never be able to afford large expenses without some lucky break, such as my company "exiting" or a lottery win. That's what happens when your parents leave you with debt...
@@BobWithHat You sound like you're a very intelligent and humble person. I'm sorry about the inherited debt. I'm not rich either. I've just graduated and am in tens of thousands of debt and am interviewing for jobs while in the early stages of creating my own tech startup. I've felt the indicators and their heaviness of life's "realities" and situations that one finds while growing up that can make people more complacent with their situation. Yet, I firmly believe in the American dream regardless of how difficult it may be and at times even at the whims of luck and timing. Please don't let the childhood enthusiasms in you die because they are more useful when you're older and have the resources and experience to create great, valuable things. Whether it's sacrificing 30 minutes a day to create a new venture, or pivoting and scaling a current one, you can do it Bob. Adjust the sails, feel the wind on your face and sail on.
@@franciscorullan thanks for the words of encouragement, mate! Life can be rough, for sure, and it's our lot in life to build happiness out of the shards of light we find along the way. Maybe one day I'll be able to move to the US and live out this "American dream" (or what remains of it these days, but that's a different conversation).
Best of luck with your entrepreneurship, would love to one day hear about your enterprise!
Keep on keeping on, one day we can rest knowing we did all we could for a better world for us and our legacy.
"if you're asking the question, you probably cant afford it" why do us like this? 😭😭😭
He’s absolutely right though. I hate it but he’s right 😂
if you're asking the question, you DEFINITELY can't afford it.
Really shouldn’t feel bad for not having $500,000 to drop on a car. That makes you just like 99.999% of people
@@jabrokneetoeknee6448kinda makes me feel worse, I don’t want to be like everyone else
That's the one to buy for sure- maybe I'll wait for the 4 door.
God bless.
I Love your response to the quietness, your like blow a way and actually like “no way “ how can this be soooo quite! I can never afford one but I like the styling of the Rolls very nice design.
c’mon spray down the car before your review
Yep - a little water goes a long way …. 😏
I don't know, he appears to be handling reviews quite effectively; no suggestions necessary.
Context: Soft
OMG I thought the spec The Smoking Tire was insane! That purple and silver is so freaking sick!!
"Because if you’re asking the question, you probably can’t afford it" 9:44
Rolls Royce is doing the controls right. every electric car seems to be obsessed with making the entire dashboard/controls interface on a touch screen, which is neither good for safety nor for ease of user..
Screens show more info but knowing more doesn’t necessarily mean a better experience I think. The heating controls for example why is the exact temp more important than how you intuitively feel? I know the spectre doesn’t show how hot the cabin is.
Marques called the S-Class a luxury car but that's premium with a luxury loom and feel. Rolls Royce and Bentley are true luxury brands because they put importance on real materials and as much handcrafted or finely crafted parts as possible.
Marques talked about how smooth the air vents moved but brushed over what he demonstrated that they actually were metal. On an S-class, 7-series etc they might be plastic with a metal look.
I think Rolls Royce at least will resist pure touchscreen controls because the customers want the tactility, tradition and as a brand they don't need to cut costs by reducing physical controls.
I have driven both the S Class and the latest Bentley Bentayga. They are both Luxury cars. Bentley Bentayga also have lots of plastic, but cost 3 times the price of the S class. I can tell you it’s not smoother to drive than a S class. Yes they have more hand finished items and more expensive carpet, but the leather look and feel Similar.
The Mercedes is the best value Luxury car you can buy, anything over that and it’s just about status, and money no object. The Bentley cost £1300 for a standard oil service.
Elon musk put everything on a screen to cut costs, now people think it’s better. As a model Owner, my car would be much better with some buttons. Not safe going into the screen menu for everything. The buttons will come back on the higher end cars like Mercedes and BMW
@bossman4401 I wonder if that's down to the Bentayga being the sister car to the Toureg, Cayenne, Q8, Q7 and Urus and one of the last on that platform.
I feel BMW let's Rolls Royce be as bespoke as possible and more exclusive as well as the pinnacle whereas Bentley is apparently below or was below Bugatti and then maybe shares more from the VAG parts bin.
@@CDN_Store I Didn’t mention RR. RR is the Ultimate Luxury car. They play by their own rules, However the Mercedes Maybach is the most comfortable car you can sit in, they have the best seats that can recline in any position for your comfort.
I love how quiet it sounds. One of my favorite features of this for sure
I’m all about the big engines with smooth delivery but I must admit this thing is awesome
Those stars on the ceiling would get me getting out the lint roller 😂
Producer: And yes one more thing, don't forget to call it soft
Marques: Bet
I feel like Rolls Royce should have made an electric car a long time ago
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. J o h n 3 :16
I need to know your subscription routine cause how
Well they needed help from BMW
No they shouldn’t have. The tech and infrastructure wasn’t there to do it a long time ago.
@@Eunjiiimo2Allahu Akbar (God is Great)
Islam on top ☝️ ☪️ 🕋
These ceiling LED stars, are hand implemented by a Polish lady in Rools Rolls in the UK factory.
Really loving the car reviews, thanks for doing them :)
You should also have a look at the BYD seal, apparently its faster than a Tesla Model 3...
Yea, but its only for the beginning the BYD Seal accelerates faster. Then, after a bit less than a quarter mile, the Tesla Model 3 starts to accelerate faster and overtake the BYD Seal.
We need a "Soft" counter in this video 😂
This is the first Rolls Royce I've ever wanted! Would have loved to have been a passenger while you did this review. THANKS for a look at the car I will never be able to afford. But I can still dream...
Yes. I want mine in "Pimp Purple"...!
I am quite astonished that a car like the electric Rolls-Royce Spectre, costing half a million dollars, doesn't plug itself into the socket. That's unbelievable.
Just remember to not Bend Over In His Majesty's Presence〰️
Your driver plugs it in for you
@@Victor-ks3sp I don't think it's that spacious in the 🔙 to be Chauffeur-driven!
@@2pac1307 methane may escape...
@@FrunkensteinVonZipperneck fo sho.. alongwith butane and propane🤧😁
how could you not clean this beauty before filming it :(
Pretty embarrassing. If I was rolls press I wouldn’t be happy
@@CovKid2K10I wouldn’t be surprised if he was advised against it from rolls royce themselves. I doubt there are many cleaners that can be trusted with this kind of car.
If you were reviewing this car, would you risk damaging the bespoke $50,000 paint job? I wouldn't.
Yea very beautiful color way but looks terrible.
I was also confused, thought it was part of the decor at one point
That asmr part was weirdly enjoyable.
Stepping all on the lamb wool is crazy bro💀🤦🏾♂️
I wish you could get a car with the quiet cab and cloud suspension but cheap out on the rest, basic fabric seats and none of the chrome... I'm poor but would love a quiet soft car, lol. Absolutely in love with the purple tho
Citroen C5 Aircross
@@stevensonrc ohh, yes, that’s exactly what I’m talking about! I wonder if I can get one in the US…
@@stevensonrc i think also C4 Cactus has a progressive hydraulic suspension. Super smooth, and the car is rather cheap for a city crossover.
Can't speak on suspension, but some speaker shops will add that sound foam to the doors for an extra charge. Actually made a significant difference when I did it and it wasn't that expensive.
Just get sound deadening mats and stick it on every panel or else that won’t happen bc that takes time and money for a manufacturer to do
Love Marques' reviews - his voice is so calming in this crazy world. But I am kind of shocked that there are almost a million views of an electric Rolls Royce review in just 3 days.
He almost never sounds this excited about anything, and this is the thing to do it. What a car.
This car was so quiet during testing, that some people got motion sickness because the car was moving but they thought it was still in parking position. Eventually RR removed about 250lb sound proofing.
If I were to do one push up for every time Marques said soft in this video, I'd turn into Arnold Schwarzenegger 😂😂
I wish I hadn’t read your comment before watching the full video-now I can’t unhear it. This could be a drinking game
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For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. J o h n 3 :16
The 70 year old Arnold or prime Arnold?
I was honestly surprised they didn't go electric sooner. A RR is the perfect candidate for an EV. Their gas cars are already super quiet. I'm also shocked they decided to do a couple first. A 4 door phantom like sedan with a trunk and frunk would be sick. Either way, I love this car. It's gorgeous. Very much out of my price range but salute to the lucky person who can afford this.
Connolly leather and Wilton carpets? Funny to see those HVAC-controls, they've been the same for ages.
Quietness in a cabin can sometimes go under appreciated. Bravo to RR for (as always) wildly overdoing it in that department. My ONLY concern with it in this car, however, is not hearing fire engine or ambulance sirens in enough time to stop for them.
3:43 The person that got in the RR with wet, salty shoes is a savage and shouldn’t even be allowed to look in the direction of the car.
you can clean it easily...don't worry
Awesome video Mr. Brownlee, where's the link in the description of the video where I can click on and buy one of these?!?
The only car review channel that rages against car washes
Yea we have a 2011 Phantom in the family. You can see and feel the difference. It's the result of when you try to do everything to the extreme, and pay master craftsmen and women to do what they do by hand.
Ask me? The star of the show is sitting people in it and telling them to take their shoes off so they can feel that plush carpet. It's one of those, "....oh." moments. Also, the sound system is second to none. Those subs hit real, real different. I'd like to drive a Spectre soon. The more modern tech would be ideal, as the older 2011's nav and related tech aged very poorly.
*Indeed.* (rich guy voice)
Petition to bring back Marques putting what phone he used to film on in the description (unless it’s under embargo)
Wow. Aesthetic finishes on the rolls Royce. I like how you kept us hooked on how SOFT the car is.
I had a buddy with one of these BMW/Rolls things, and I was so disappointed in the weird attention you'd get. People pull dangerously close to you on the freeway and attempt to peer in. We came out of a restaurant, and some guys in a f-150 tried to block us, so we couldn't get out. Of course, it had BMW problems that were just eye-watering, and he had to get lawyers involved. It was fun for the first day, and then I felt like a circus clown riding around in it.
Never noticed how much MKBHD looks like a younger Big Daddy Kane. Now I cant unsee it. I guess he gets the job done :)
Wow thanks I will never get this out of my head. lol
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE that BMW/Rolls stayed true to their interior design language here.
This is more proof that giant screens and digital controls do not equal luxury. Interacting with tactile, substantial feeling controls is so much more pleasing than pecking around on a screen.
To really get into the weeds; even their philosophy on climate control is wonderful. No finicky temp setting buttons or excessive displays. Slide the wheel into the blue for colder, or into the red for warmer. It’s just better.
Simple, elegant, perfect.
"promised their entire lineup will be electric by 2030"
Omg I would die for an electric Cullinan 😪
I like the way you whispered in my ears
When Rolls Royce asked whether the shortish range for the Spectre would be a problem their customer’s response was if they wanted to go further the ‘d take their helicopter or private jet. It really is a different word!
I think the non-Americans would appreciate the lb to kg and miles to km conversion on the screen if possible :)
Lets take this to Marques notice
I can confirm as someone who lives in the UK this is helpful
Yess
If you care about that, you can't afford this car.
I love the power reserve thing, actually makes a lot of sense due how battery can only sustain so much.
On the other hand tho, Tesla is able to mask that pretty well as not a lot of ppl floor them continuosly… so maybe it's unnecessary anxiety?
From Autobahn with love :D
Marques, You're a master at your craft Bro! love the subtlety and symbolic presentation of the RR! As you said you don't need to go luxury above and beyone S-Class, those who do want to will have to pony up have F*#! You Money! It just overly decadent and obscene amount of money for a vehicle.
I like that the interior is tactile and not all touch screen like a Tesla or something
JerryRigEverything should do a durability test of this.
Its easy for him. He can buy hundred of these cars and do different types of durability tests.
😂😂😂
Whistlindiesel
actually saw one in like a gold color in montreal. The thing that got me the most is how big that car is. Fucking insane car for the price of a house.
.....I had narrowed my new car choice down to two vehicles, this being one of them.
Due to EV range anxiety I decided to go with my other option, expecting delivery of my Honda CR-V early next month.
Having been out in one of these, they are absolutely beautiful and so so comfortable. It accelerates like nothing I've ever been in before, the drive is so smooth, and it really doesn't feel like you're moving at all. It's an incredibly machine, although a bit difficult to get out of the back if you're short!
Other reviewers: have to make sure to give the car a wash so it looks presentable in shots. Marques: yeah, let me off-road this half a million-dollar car through some shit before I start filming
I imagine the RR peoples are not happy the world saw this review with it looking like that .. jeez
I’m just a viewer and I don’t want to see a dirty rolls royce. Who’s driving their rolls through salt and mud?
Let's make a drinking game where you must take a tequila shot every time when Marques says "soft".
i wish you spliced some video from other test drives to compare the quietness. for me going straight from deadset quiet standstill, to then being able to hear the road while driving makes it hard for me to compare
Rolls Royce:
Killing You Softly