2000 Rolls-Royce Corniche

Pros: It is a truly fine car.

Cons: Difficult to see the road behind you through the mirrors.

Review: My Daddy has owned a Corniche for years. He bought it new in Chicago nearly twenty years ago, and has had it in the shop exactly one time, when it broke down on the Chicago Skyway in the middle of rush-hour traffic.

He called the dealer, who...

Pros: Good space. Good handling. Wonderful detail.

Cons: Think I rather have the shifter on the floor.

Review: I had the opportunity to run the new Corniche model some 170 miles on freeway and cross country to deliver it to its new owner. While no longer a Rolls-Royce/Bentley dealer, I was at one time and so have a more than normal familiarity with the various...