Rolls-Royce Cullinan – Auto Review

The heroes of our “fitting” were already Mercedes-AMG G 63 for 13 million rubles and Lamborghini Urus for 21 million, but Rolls-Royce Cullinan set a new record. A crossover with a V12 biturbo engine (571 hp) even costs 25 million even in the basic configuration, and in our hands a car with separate rear seats, a blank partition between the passenger compartment and the trunk, displays for rear passengers, folding chairs in the luggage compartment and other options . This draws 34 million rubles! Although this is not the limit: the version of the Cullinan Black Badge with a forced engine (600 hp), a sporty tuning of the chassis and black decor is estimated at a minimum of 38 million.

I want to confess. The hour has come, father, the coronavirus is close and all that.

I am sinful, father. Perfectionist. What loudly repeat, am I too quiet? So after all, the insulation in this cabin is beautiful, so I whisper. No, this is not Onan’s sin – he practiced interrupted sexual intercourse, but now we are talking about something else. That I want the perfect.

Unrealizable?

Yes, it seems quite real. So that the skin on the head restraints is more delicate, like the S-class. To metal door handles cast a deep blue real chrome, as before, even in the 21st Volga, not to mention any Rolls-Royce. So that the analog clock does not seem cheap and stuck in a hurry, anyhow, and the buttons of the door servos did not need to be looked for by touch, twisting the brush. Remove a simple plastic. Add retractable footrests.

Well, or at least certainty: for whom is this diamond uncut? If for the driver, then the integral steering would be set up, like in the BMW Seven, to fill the steering wheel with reactive force. Focus the sound of the audio system on the front seats. And if for those who are behind, then add long-haulness coupled with spaciousness – and turn the chairs into folding sun loungers. To be almost Phantom, where you are behind really VIP, and not just a passenger.

But in fact, what really affects the car after a simple – for some time – South African mason Thomas Cullinan? The smoothness of the ride, the softness of the floor mats, the deep ringing of real metal deflectors with their shifters – and the crystal weight of branded glasses with a damask for single malt. But you even open the refrigerator compartment, and there is trivial plastic.