Of their pursuit of luxurious, Bentley and Rolls Royce have lengthy sought to make their vehicles quieter, their drivelines smoother, and their torque waftier. So why hasn’t there been one thing just like the Lunaz Bentley S1 earlier than?

The automobile is one among Lunaz’s range of classic British cars which have been transformed to run on electrical energy. The corporate doesn’t simply take a drivetrain from a crashed EV and slip into an previous automobile, although, it actually works to make its conversions really feel higher than manufacturing facility.

And that’s good as a result of these conversions can cost nearly $500,000, so high quality is a should. To make sure that, the corporate strips these vehicles right down to their naked chassis and scans them to be sure that the batteries and motors are going into the very best spots doable.

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Within the case of this S1, the batteries are cut up between the entrance and the rear to ensure it nonetheless feels vaguely like a ’60 Bentley. Lunaz can also be obsessive about high quality. The corporate provides options like USB cables, air-con, and even heated seats. Higher but, consideration to element is apparently Singer-like.

Lunaz doesn’t take the attraction out of its vehicles both. Though stuffed with new luxuries, the look stays old style, as does the drive.

“Going round corners is—yeah—fairly attention-grabbing. Let’s name it interval appropriate,” says host Jack Rix. “Flip the wheel and also you stare down this huge bonnet on the flying B all the way in which over there and also you wait a bit after which bit extra after which the prow comes round. It’s much more like crusing a ship than it’s like driving a automobile. However it’s so, a lot enjoyable.”

Higher but, you aren’t coping with a unclean, spluttering, old-school engine that refuses to run correctly.

“Electrical powertrains simply swimsuit vehicles like this totally right down to the bottom,” says Rix. “And I do know what you’re considering. ‘Sure, Jack. However batteries are costly and batteries are heavy.’ Effectively, Bentleys are costly and Bentleys are heavy and that weight is without doubt one of the causes they journey so nicely and so they really feel so strong and so planted.”