The next Rolls-Royce car will be called 'Dawn'
Phantom; Ghost; Wraith; Silver Seraph; Corniche. Historically, Rolls-Royce likes two things when the time comes to name its ultra-luxe vehicles: supernatural spirits of various types, and superlatives that lie along the frilly edge of the English language.
The next car to bear the Spirit of Ecstasy, it turns out, will be called “Dawn.”
Most automakers don’t get a news cycle for the announcement of the name of a new model, but then again, a new Rolls-Royce is kind of a big deal: in the past decade-plus, there have been only three badges on Rollers — Phantom, Ghost, and Wraith. And even if you go back through the last century, Rolls-Royce has only used about a dozen different names for its vehicles, give or take.
“Dawn” evokes the…
Source:: The Verge
