LONDON: Rolls-Royce is testing a prototype, based on a shortened Phantom Series II body, that has been created to begin the development of an all-wheel drive suspension system that will deliver an effortless ride on all terrains.
The body may hint at Rolls-Royce’s first SUV, but it features no design aspects of the eventual high-sided, all-terrain car announced by Rolls-Royce Motor Cars in February this year.
The mule rides on the first iteration of an all-new suspension that will assist Rolls-Royce engineers in developing a final all-wheel drive system that delivers Rolls-Royce’s hallmark “magic-carpet” ride not only on the road, but off-road too.
The first series of tests codenamed Project Cullinan will focus on the car’s on-road behaviour from suspension throw to high-bodied stability, and will test the new suspension across all types of international road surface specification at test facilities. The car will be undergoing tests on public roads this week.
Test surfaces will include; Belgian Pavé, cobblestones, corrugated concrete, noise development and measurement surfaces, resonance road, and acceleration bumps.
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