Rolls Wraith vs Merc S500 on track
Can the world's most luxurious barges survive the TG test track and a chauffeur named Stig?
Posted: 17 Jan 2014
It's very different from Rolls's take. The Wraith is a butler, a two-tone Jeeves, more intelligent than you and able to make choices for itself. Sure, you can choose how bright you want the starlight roof to be, but you're not permitted to select your own gear. A satellite does that. And it's never wrong. How do I know? Because only after several hundred miles did I suddenly realise I hadn't once given the gearbox a thought. Yes, you're aware of kickdown if you want to go from whatever speed you're doing to a larger one, but drive down a twisty road, and because it reads the road ahead and overlays speed and driving style with GPS mapping, not once will you reach for a paddle that isn't there anyway. You'll be too busy trying to find a grabhandle.