When many people think of Rolls-Royce, the first thing that comes to mind is the extraordinarily eye-catching "Spirit of Ecstasy" on the front of the car to celebrate the goddess statue. With the 111-year history of the depot, the goddess of celebration has long been equated with the representative symbol of the brand. In order to welcome the launch of Rolls-Royce's first electric car, spectre, the original factory also upgraded the statue of the goddess to celebrate, redesigning the exterior shape and becoming the version with the lowest wind resistance ever.
Although it was made by Rolls-Royce, spectre still has something in common with other electric vehicles on the market, that is, it is extremely energy efficient. One of the specific ways is to reduce wind resistance. Spectre's first prototype measured a wind resistance of 0.26, which has undoubtedly become the best air efficiency model created by the brand, and continuous adjustments before the launch of the production car are expected to further reduce the wind resistance.
Although the statue of the goddess of celebration is small in size, so it does not have much impact on the overall air resistance when the vehicle travels, in order to show the emphasis on aerodynamics and energy efficiency, it also shows the turning point of the mileage into the era of pure electricity, so Rolls-Royce redesigned the statue of the goddess of celebration. The height of the new version of the goddess has been reduced by 17mm to 82.7mm, while adjusting the angle of the flappy sleeves, folding and curves have also been reduced, in addition to reducing wind resistance, it looks more realistic. In addition, the goddess posture is also more speedy, Rolls Royce said that she will become a real speed goddess, with a one-foot forward posture, firmly staring ahead.
Rolls-Royce attaches great importance to the authenticity of the goddess, and even when designing the details of the goddess's hairstyle, clothing, posture and so on, it finds professional stylists to provide advice, so that the finished product emits the light of "modern realism". Each Rolls-Royce statue of the celebratory goddess is actually different, produced using the traditional wax casting process, and polished and polished by hand, so there are more or less subtle differences.
The new version of the Goddess of Celebration will be used on the newly launched electric car Spectre, while the current Phantom, Ghost, Wraith, Dawn and Cullinan will remain in their original shape and will not be redesigned.