2021 Dawn Interior

Rolls-Royce interiors are about as good as it gets. You'd have to look long and hard to find a piece of material that wasn't meticulously crafted to be as good as it possibly can be. The only piece of hard plastic is the top of the seat belt buckle, and it's legally required to be there. The rest of it is also wrapped in leather. Talking of leather, Rolls-Royce peels only the finest bulls to create its leather interiors. It has trusted the same farm for two decades, and the bulls are treated like British royalty.

Rolls has three standard interiors - or Environments as it refers to them - to choose from: Horizon, Signature, and Atmospheric. A fourth and final option exists called Bespoke, in which case you can select the color of the seat main body, valance, seatbacks, gussets, and seat inners. Even the existing Environments offer a wide variety of customization options, ranging from a wide selection of wood and metal veneers to the kind of clock you want. There simply is nothing short of a coachbuilt experience that allows you to customize every element in the same detail as this, leading us to believe that luxury isn't just determined by the final product, but rather the experience in getting there.

2021 Dawn Interior Photos

Seating and Interior Space

Few two-door vehicles genuinely offer comfortable seating for four adults, but the Rolls-Royce Dawn is the best you can get when it comes to 4-seater droptops. Much of the Dawn's length is taken up by a massive hood, but the car still manages to offer 41.5 inches of legroom up front and 36.9 inches in the rear. Headroom in the back is rather generous as well with 37.9 inches. Rolls says the Dawn can accommodate three of your six-foot-tall friends in comfort for some top-down driving around Miami or Monaco. Buyers who plan to never use the rear seats can opt for the Aero Cowling tonneau cover, which reduces the seating down to two. Don't worry, the cover is removable in case the in-laws come to visit.

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Interior Colors and Materials

As is the case with the exterior hues, there are far too many options to mention. The primary color selection is broken up into Standard, Commissioned Collection, and Special Order. The Standard selection consists of nine restrained colors, including Black, Dark Spice, and Mocassin, to name just a few. The Special catalog consists of 20 options, including superb options like Pine Green and Fawn Brown and ridiculous options like Blushing Pink. Once you select the primary color, you choose the secondary color, which consists of similar colors available in the primary selection. Royce helps you out a bit by making suggestions on which colors work well together. Our tester shipped with clean white leather, paired with bold orange accents to match the exterior.

In terms of metal trim, the two options are Brushed Aluminium and a Dark Brushed metal finish. Wood remains the favored trim option. There are nine wood options to choose from, ranging from a darker Smoked Chestnut to a lighter Ash Burr. Carbon Fiber comes standard on the Black Badge, but to us, it doesn't fit in well with the brand's identity. We'd have Rolls-Royce custom make our trim using a unique material, like volcanic ash. Write a blank check to Rolls-Royce, and you can have nearly anything.

2021 Dawn Trunk and Cargo Space

The Dawn may ride on a large platform, but the exquisitely crafted convertible top eats into what little space there is in the trunk. Rolls-Royce claims the Dawn has a 10.4 cubic foot trunk. To put that in perspective, the BMW M8 and Mercedes-Benz S-Class Convertibles provide more than 12 cubic feet. Luckily, being rich means getting around this by sending luggage ahead and only keeping two overnight tailor-made suitcases in the car.

Interior storage depends on the Environment. Naturally, you can opt for a wine cooler, but the standard configuration comes with storage compartments between the two front and two rear seats. Cupholders are hidden beneath a wooden veneer, and a smartphone can be clicked into a wireless charger in the front armrest.

2021 Rolls-Royce Dawn Trunk and Cargo Space Photos

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2021 Dawn Infotainment and Features

Features

Rolls-Royce makes a big deal about the Dawn's social aspect. Each seat is treated as an individual entity, with its climate control and personal storage spaces. Lambswool carpets are standard, and you will want to take your shoes off to enjoy them. The front seats can be ordered with a massaging function, but, oddly, rear passengers can't have this luxury. Naturally, the Dawn is equipped with eight-way power-adjustable heated front seats, a powered easy-entry system for the rear seats, soft-closing suicide doors, a power-adjustable steering column, and every other luxury item you can expect on a car costing more than $300,000.

Infotainment

Navigating through the infotainment system, we quickly recognized the Dawn is Rolls-Royce's oldest model. It's not completely outdated, but other models have a newer infotainment system with cleaner menus, touchscreens, and newer safety features such as a 360-degree camera. The BMW-based system in the Dawn still does the job, with wireless Apple CarPlay included as a nice bonus. This is one of the last Rolls-Royces to feature analog gauges rather than a digital display, and we genuinely prefer this older setup as a more artful option - analog feels classier and more timeless than digital. An 18-speaker Bespoke audio system easily overpowers the minimal wind noise, but disappointingly, we've heard more impressive speakers in less expensive cars that pack a bigger punch.