Black Rolls-Royce Dawn head-on with the roof down, red leather seats visible

Open Air

Black Rolls-Royce Dawn

Four seats, a red leather cabin and the only Rolls-Royce that lets Los Angeles all the way in.

Every other car on this page is a room you sit inside. This one takes the ceiling off and dares the city to look.

The Dawn is the open Rolls-Royce — a four-seat convertible on a 6.6-litre twin-turbo V12, rear-wheel drive, with a roof that folds away in twenty-two seconds and a cabin trimmed in red. It is the least discreet way to be quiet ever built.

Specification

Horsepower
563
0–60 mph
4.7s
Top speed
155mph
Seats
4

6.6L twin-turbo V12 · RWD

Black Rolls-Royce Dawn convertible with the roof down, seen from the front three-quarter
01Roof stowed, the shape changes entirely — a long bonnet, a short deck, and nothing at all above the waistline.

Rolls-Royce calls it the most social of its cars, which is corporate language for the only one where the people outside are part of the evening. With the roof down there is no glass between the cabin and Sunset Boulevard, and the red hide that looks discreet in photographs turns out to be visible from a block away.

Mechanically it is a Wraith that has stopped hiding. Five hundred and sixty-three horsepower, sixty in four and a half seconds, and a body stiffened enough that losing the roof costs nothing in composure. What it costs is anonymity, and that was never the point of a Dawn.

A coupé keeps the evening inside.
This one hands it to the street.

Red leather headrest with the embroidered Rolls-Royce monogram in the Dawn
Steering wheel and dashboard of the Rolls-Royce Dawn in red leather

02The double-R embroidered into every headrest, and a wheel thin enough to remind you this car was drawn before anyone thought a steering wheel should be a controller.

The full red leather cabin of the Rolls-Royce Dawn, four seats, through the open coach door
03Four seats, and all four of them real — the reason a Dawn gets booked over a two-seat exotic when the evening involves other people.
Centre console and controls of the Rolls-Royce Dawn in red leather
Side profile of the black Rolls-Royce Dawn with the roof down

04Milled metal switches that have outlasted three generations of touchscreen, and a profile with the longest bonnet and the shortest deck Rolls-Royce draws.

The particulars

  • Rate$2,200 / day
  • SeatsFour, properly
  • RoofDown in twenty-two seconds
  • In the fleetOne, black on red

The guest book

  • Got the Dawn for a trip and it did not disappoint. Clean, well kept, no issues at all. Def coming back.

    Tom H. · 3 weeks ago

  • Took the Dawn up PCH with the top down and honestly didnt want to give it back

    Camila R. · a week ago

  • the Dawn was so much fun to cruise around in, such a vibe

    Camila · 5 months ago

Queries

How much does it cost to rent a Rolls-Royce Dawn in Los Angeles?
The Dawn is $2,200 a day. The day rate is the whole of it on this car — there is no weekly or monthly block, so a longer booking is priced day by day. Delivery to our Beverly Hills partner hotels is complimentary.
Is it a proper four-seater with the roof down?
Yes — two full seats behind, not the token bench most convertibles call rear seats. It is the reason people book the Dawn over a two-seat exotic when the evening involves other people.
How far ahead should I book it?
There is one Dawn in the fleet, and open-top cars go first on the weekends worth having. Name the date early and it is held for you.

The diary

When you can have it

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Reserve

Put the roof down somewhere worth it.

Give us the date and the address. The Dawn arrives hand-detailed at the hour you name, and the coast road is forty minutes away.

Check dates & reserve or call +1 (424) 303-6496

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The terms, before you commit

Refundable deposit
$2,000
A hold, not a charge. Back with you 5–7 business days after the car is home.
Damage and liability cover
$225 a day
Mandatory, and priced off the deposit rather than the rate. Your own qualifying full-coverage policy takes this line out of the quote entirely.
Driver, 21–24
$175 a day
Twenty-one is the floor, with a licence held two years. The higher band applies above a $1,500 deposit; this car is in it.
Shortest booking
24 hours
No maximum. Delivery is complimentary at our Robertson Boulevard lot and our four Beverly Hills partner hotels; LAX is $75 to the parking structure or $150 to the terminal, each way.

This one is the same rate at every length — it carries no multi-day block, so three days is three times one day. We would rather say that than imply a discount that is not there.