Of course, if you so chose, you could inflate the Wraith’s already titanic price tag further by indulging in Rolls-Royce’s customisation programme. Limited only by your imagination and the size of your bank balance, there’s not a lot the boys from Goodwood won’t do for you.
This customisation could take the form of seat upholstery in the exact material and colour of the missus’ favourite Hermes handbag, or a fridge to keep the bubbly chilled. What Rolls-Royce won’t do is install rocket launchers to take care of the peasants who dare cut you off, because that’s, you know, illegal.
You could also opt to paint your Wraith in any colour you so desire. And, yes, we do mean any hue you can think of, because while the customer may have appalling taste, Rolls-Royce believes the customer is also always right.
But it’s not like you’d have to paint the Wraith in a garish shade to get it noticed, because measuring 5269mm long and 1947mm wide, it’s about the size of a small aircraft carrier (pardon our slight exaggeration for dramatic effect).
And just how does this leviathan handle? Well, exactly how you’d expect a car weighing 2360kg and packing 632bhp from a 6.6-litre twin-turbocharged V12 to. That is, deceptively rapid in a straight line (zero to 100km/h in 4.6 seconds) and more than a little unnerving around corners.
Its century-sprint timing may seem blindingly quick for something so big, but there’s a grave majesty in the way the Wraith accrues speed, unlike in a supercar with its neck-snapping acceleration.
In this beauty, you are gently, but very firmly, propelled forward – an impression amplified by the superlative levels of refinement on offer. Thumb the button to shut the reverse-hinged doors and the outside world somehow melts away – you get the feeling 20km/h would feel the same as 200km/h.
With that sort of isolation and the imperiousness that the Wraith attracts, one might be tempted to drive it hard. After all, it’s the most powerful Rolls-Royce on sale today. It’s a fastback coupe and its brochure does promise dynamism.
You will, however, do well to tread a little carefully. While the air suspension does a surprisingly good job at containing body roll, the vague, slow steering with a stubborn reluctance to self-centre (via a wheel the size of a hula hoop) – to say nothing of the immense bulk of the car itself – makes back road blasts a dicey affair at best.
