Rolls-Royce Motor Cars PressClub · Article.
ROLLS-ROYCE DAWN AERO COWLING
05.05.2020 Press Kit
The Rolls-Royce Dawn was created to deliver the world’s most social, seductive open-top motoring experience for four people. In doing so, it attracted a new type of client to the marque - successful, young and dynamic men and women drawn to Dawn’s contemporary aesthetic and compelled by its owner/driver appeal.
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The Rolls-Royce Dawn was created to deliver the world’s most social,
seductive open-top motoring experience for four people. In doing so,
it attracted a new type of client to the marque – successful, young
and dynamic men and women drawn to Dawn’s contemporary aesthetic and
compelled by its owner/driver appeal.
To add yet more aesthetic appeal to this remarkable motor car,
the Rolls-Royce Bespoke Collective of designers, engineers and
craftspeople created a removable Aero Cowling. Introduced in 2018,
this modern and meticulously constructed piece converts the aesthetic
of Dawn into a two-seat roadster-style motor car with an extended
tonneau cover sitting atop the two rear seats. By creating a
higher-shouldered silhouette, Aero Cowling alters Dawn’s persona and
heightens its sense of dynamic intent.
The Aero Cowling, which can be fitted and removed at a client’s
discretion, encloses the rear seats beneath a beautifully hand-made
cover, with two cowls rising from the leading edge of the tonneau
area, to a point just behind each front seat headrest. The form of the
cowls was precisely sculpted to funnel air gracefully over the cabin,
so to enhance driver comfort.
Each cowl is equipped with a pair of lockable leather-lined
storage compartments for personal effects, while the cover itself is
made of carbon fibre and aluminium. This choice of materials makes
Aero Cowling incredibly light yet strong. The lids of the cowls are
swathed in finest Rolls-Royce leather, perfectly matching the interior
of the car as commissioned by the owner.
A remarkable Bespoke canvas
The Aero Cowling is not designed to simply transform
the appearance of the Dawn, but to complement it. Bespoke canvases for
colour and detail atop the cowl lids allow for a harmonious flow of
colour between motor car and tonneau.
Originally presented at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show, the first
Dawn Aero Cowling was matched perfectly with the Cassiopeia Silver and
Casden Tan colour scheme of the motor car it adorned. The central
spine was finished in exposed carbon fibre, showcasing its lightweight
structure, with a weave book-matched to a contemporary chevron
graphic. This intricately detailed spine harmoniously ran down the
centre of the car, through the centre console and onto the dashboard.
Since its launch, Aero Cowling has enhanced many Bespoke
commissions. One of the first was the Bayside Dawn Aero Cowling,
commissioned by a customer in Yokohama, Japan, to pay tribute to his
seafaring home city. It matched cutting-edge technical fibre with
open-pore teak Canadel panelling, drawing inspiration from yacht
decking. The Aero Cowling’s colourway evoked blue seas and white sails
in the finest traditions of Yokohama Bay.
Most recently, Aero Cowling adorned Dawn Silver Bullet, revealed
in early 2020. Inspired by rare, glamorous and rakish roadsters of the
1920s, this motor car’s tonneau was finished with an ultra-metallic
silver-painted central spine and a vapour-blasted titanium windbreak,
etched with the Silver Bullet nameplate and silhouette.
Aero Cowling is able to amplify a more striking aesthetic as
well as elegantly contribute to its form. Arguably, its boldest
appearance was part of the marque’s 2019 Pebble Beach Collection where
it was incorporated into a Dawn Black Badge finished in striking
Coral. This new pastel colour carried over to the Aero Cowling itself,
creating an appearance reminiscent of the Speedster two-seater body
style so closely associated with the USA’s western seaboard.