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Featured car - It’s here: new Rolls-Royce Wraith
It’s here: new Rolls-Royce Wraith
With 624bhp, the new RR Wraith is the most powerful Rolls…in the world
It’s here: new Rolls-Royce WraithLatest news
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All-new Rolls-Royce ‘Wraith’ announced
This will become the most powerful Roller… in history. New model set for Geneva debut…
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Scorcese to produce ‘Silver Ghost’ film
Award-winning director to collaborate on Rolls-Royce film
Read about the upcoming film called 'Silver Ghost', produced by Martin Scorcese -
Meet the Rolls-Royce bespoke dept
The men behind this week's Six Senses concept reveal their greatest work to date...
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Rolls-Royce reveals Ghost Six Senses
And it looks just like a normal Ghost. Still, we’d really quite like one…
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100 Rollers drive through London
‘Spirit of Ecstasy’ bonnet mascot celebrates its centenary with an epic drive through the capital
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Rolls-Royce Ghost: super natural
Is the new Rolls-Royce Ghost an unearthly blend of waft and warp speed, or is it just a skinny Phantom?
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Mansory Ghost: chocolatey
German tuner builds Rolls Royce entirely from confectionary-based produce
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What’s cool at Frankfurt
The world’s biggest motor show opens its doors tomorrow. Here’s a rundown of all the headline metal
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The Ghost - the 'smaller, more affordable' Rolls-Royce - has finally materialised. After literally several years of teasing concepts, Rolls has finally graced us with a look at its all-new production car, set to arrive next year in a swoosh of gloriously British opulence.
But, because we're lucky souls, Top Gear has already had a good look at the Ghost. For the full story, make sure you get your hands on the October issue of Top Gear magazine - on sale September 9 - but if you can't wait for that, click through our gallery for all the details... -
Will the Ghost do the business for Rolls? Time - and, no doubt, global financial conditions - will tell. Here's hoping. It may not be small or affordable, but it's a magnificent, massively fast, defiantly luxurious thing and we love it. Oh, and Rolls has hinted that a coupe and convertible version could follow, too...
For the full story, make sure you pick up a copy of Top Gear magazine, on sale this Wednesday.
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The Ghost shares around 20 per cent of its underpinnings - mainly electronic - with the 7-Series, but the touchpoints are all pure Rolls. They're lovely. That sat nav screen is a massive 10.2-inch affair, disappearing behind a flush screen if you'd prefer to rely on the navigational abilities of your trusted man.
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Rolls' trademark ‘suicide' rear doors remain, opening to reveal a predictably massive and opulent interior. Don't imagine that this is in any way a more budget cabin than the Phantom: plush carpets and a dazzling array of mod cons are here and force... and don't forget those umbrellas hidden in each front door panel.
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The Ghost's styling is clearly heavily influenced by its big brother, the Phantom, but the overall vibe is softer and more accessible, with softer lines and a dose more modernity. It's a design that's all about understated subtlety - but if you want more glitz from your big Brit saloon, there's always the Bentley Mulsanne...
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You get a lot of fastness for your cash, mind. The Ghost is powered by a 6.6-litre twin-turbo V12, based on the unit in the BMW 760Li but bored out and revised for extra power and torque. 563bhp of power and 575lb ft of torque, to be precise, of which 450lb ft is available from idle. It'll see the Ghost to 60mph in just 4.7 seconds. That's quick.
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