rolls royce ghost
The wait for the Ghost has been a long one, as Rolls first announced it was building a new line of vehicle at the Paris Auto Show back in 2006. [1]
The Rolls-Royce Ghost is a smaller luxury saloon automobile from Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. [2]
Looking quite a bit like Geneva’s 200EX showcar, the Ghost made its public debut here in Frankfurt, and while we may kid prospective owners that the Ghost is not the Brit brand’s top-shelf offering, there’s no shame in this car’s game. [3]
If the grandiose Rolls-Royce Phantom ‘birthed by BMW in 2003′reestablished the marque’s exceptionalism, the 2011 Ghost brings that notion down to a more human scale. [...] This steel-monocoque car might weigh as much as the Bentley (nearly a staggering 5500 pounds) but also produces an intimidating 563 hp and charges from 0 to 60 mph in a claimed 4.8 seconds. [4]
Rolls-Royce has officially released the first production images and a long list of details on its latest model, the 2011 Ghost. [1]
Aside from that, this is clearly more of a driver’s car than the Phantom, whose opulent backseat accommodations show that it’s more about being driven in. [5]
For all that, the 2011 Rolls-Royce Ghost is indeed an historic car: It’s the first small Rolls-Royce launched since the 1949 Silver Dawn. [6]
Well, B-list celebrities and hangers-on, Rolls-Royce has your number, and it’s called the Ghost. [3]
“The launch of a new Rolls-Royce is an historic event,” says CEO Tom Purves as we sit down to dinner at West Stoke House in bucolic West Sussex, only a few miles from the Rolls-Royce factory on the Earl of March’s estate at Goodwood, and in the very room where design chief Ian Cameron and team spent three months working on the Phantom back in 2000. [6]
The Ghost, codenamed RR04 during its design phase, was developed to compete with vehicles significantly less expensive than the Phantom, such as the Bentley Continental Flying Spur. [...] The “Ghost” nameplate, named in honour of the Silver Ghost, a car first produced in 1906, was announced in April 2009 at the Auto Shanghai show. [2]
After months of seeing flashes of it in prototype form, along with spy shots, teaser images, and leaked videos, the Rolls-Royce Ghost — the famed British brand’s latest apparition — is finally coming into focus in advance of its world debut at the 2009 Frankfurt auto show. [...] Rolls says the Ghost will sprint to 60 mph in just 4.8 seconds and run the quarter mile in an impressive 13.2 seconds with the help of a ZF-derived eight-speed automatic gearbox, which Rolls says will also help the car achieve up to 21 mpg on the highway. [7]
MegaMillions tonight = Rolls Royce Ghost+ Reventon roadster. [3]
Sources:
[1] Report: 2011 Rolls-Royce Ghost Full Details, Mega Gallery …
[2] Rolls-Royce Ghost - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[3] Frankfurt 2009: 2011 Rolls-Royce Ghost is an apparition to …
[4] 2011 Rolls-Royce Ghost - First Drive Review - Auto Reviews …
[5] Officially Official: 2011 Rolls-Royce Ghost details released …
[6] 2011 Rolls-Royce Ghost First Drive - Motor Trend
[7] 2011 Rolls-Royce Ghost First Look - Motor Trend