“It is always darkest
just before the dawn.”
And so, the new Rolls-Royce Dawn, the world’s
only true modern four-seater super-luxury
drophead, is born.
“It is always darkest just before the dawn”
In the most challenging times, the phrase “It is
always darkest just before the dawn” – originally
coined by English Restoration preacher Thomas
Fuller – resonates as a beacon of hope. This
early morning darkness, where apparitions
such as phantoms, ghosts or wraiths have been
imagined, and where one’s apprehensions lurk,
is brushed aside by an energising burst of early
morning sunlight as one awakens to a new
dawn and the endless possibilities of a new day.
Such was the feeling in 1952 as the world
was finally emerging from a period of
economic austerity following protracted
war. That year, the world looked forward
in hope as the world’s first passenger
jet, the British deHavilland Comet, made
its first commercial flight; the Big Bang
Theory of the creation of the Universe was
first propounded, and Queen Elizabeth
II ascended the throne of the United
Kingdom.
That very same year, the Rolls-Royce Silver
Dawn drophead, which became the muse
for the designers of the new Rolls-Royce
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