Kwaba ngobukhazikhazi kanye nesimo lapho i-Rolls-Royce yethula khona imodeli yayo evelele kakhulu - isizukulwane esisha se-Phantom. Empeleni yonke into entsha ku-Phantom, igqamisa isakhiwo esisha, esiqanjwe ngokufanelekile ngokuthi i-Architecture of Luxury.
Ukuhluka kwezakhiwo yikhona okuzobeka iSUV entsha ezingeni eliyingqayizivele. Yilokho okushiwo uTorsten Müller-Ötvös, oyi-CEO yeRolls-Royce, futhi akugcini lapho:
Asisebenzisi imizimba ekhiqizwa ngobuningi. Lokhu kukhawulela lokho okungenziwa ezingeni lokuklama futhi kubukela phansi kakhulu ukuhluka. Awufuni i-Q7 efihliwe kule ngxenye. Ufuna iRolls-Royce yangempela.
Faka iziphambano noma iziphambano ezifanele ikhotheshini! Wanquma kanjalo-ke i-CEO ye-Rolls-Royce ukubhekisela imbangi enkulu ye-SUV yesikhathi esizayo yomkhiqizo, i-Bentley Bentayga.
Amagama anciphayo mayelana nembangi abhekisela ekusetshenzisweni, yi-Bentayga, yesisekelo se-Audi Q7 evamile kakhulu, i-SUV yohlobo lwaseJalimane. I-MLB Evo ingesinye sezizathu zokuthi, ingabe singasho, izilinganiso ezidelelayo ze-Bentley Bentayga eziphoqa izinjini ezinkulu ukuthi zibekwe phambi kwe-axle yangaphambili. Futhi-ke, ukwabelana ngezakhiwo zayo namamodeli "avamile" kususa ingxenye yesikhalazo nokukhethekile okuthenjiswa ivelu nophawu lwalezi zinhlobo zomkhiqizo.
Akukho lutho oluvimbe impumelelo yezohwebo ye-Bentayga, kodwa ngokusho kwe-Rolls-Royce, i-Project Cullinan izoba isiphakamiso esinodumo futhi esikhethekile. Mayelana nedizayini, kuzomele silinde futhi sibone.
UMüller-Ötvös akazange akhulume ngemininingwane emisha mayelana nemodeli yesikhathi esizayo. Ibikezelwa ukuthi izokwabelana kakhulu nePhantom, okuhlanganisa injini yayo eyi-bi-turbo engu-6.75 litre V12 – 571 horsepower kanye ne-900 Nm emangalisayo etholakala ku-1700 rpm. Umehluko omkhulu uzoba ekusetshenzisweni kwe-all-wheel drive, noma bekungeyona i-SUV.
Noma njengoba i-Rolls-Royce ichaza: akuyona i-SUV, kodwa, ukuzama ukuhumusha ngendlela engcono kakhulu, imoto egcwele yonke indawo, esemaceleni aphezulu.