Rolls Royce reveals a limited edition Phantom to commemorate the centenary of the Spirit of Ecstasy. Just 100 Rolls Royce Phantom Spirit of Ecstasy Centenary Collection will be made. We’re rather hoping Rolls Royce will stick to convention and not plaster the name of this limited edition Rolls Royce Phantom across the boot lid, because even the […]
Rolls Royce Ghost LWB, Ghost DHC & Ghost Coupe planned
Rolls Royce are now planning additional models for the Rolls Royce Ghost – the Ghost LWB, Ghost DHC and Ghost Coupe. I know, you’re not exactly shocked to learn that Rolls Royce are planning on producing not just a LWB Ghost but also a Ghost Drophead Coupe and a Ghost Coupe. After all, we told […]
Rolls Royce Ghost LWB Spied
Rolls Royce are working on a stretched version of the Ghost – The Rolls Royce Ghost LWB – will go on sale mid-2011. At first we didn’t really ‘get’ the Rolls Royce Ghost. It seemed very close to the Phantom in all it offered, particularly in size. And seeing it for the first time – […]
BMW Recall: 350,000 Cars affected
BMW are recalling V8 and V12 BMWs and Rolls Royces to fix a potential problem with brake power assistance. We don’t tend to do every tuppeny-ha’penny recall on Cars UK. Any more than we do exotic car accidents. But some recalls affect so many people we do – occassionally – feel the need to do sensible reporting […]
Rolls Royce: China to be bigger market than UK
Rolls Royce sales are up 146% this year and China looks set to be their second biggest market after the USA. If ever you needed a sigh of the rise and rise of astronomical wealth in China it’s the revealtion that Rolls Royce expects China to overtake the UK in market size this year, and […]
Geely’s Rolls Royce clone gets de-cloned
Geely has had a change of heart over the Geely GE – their Rolls Royce Phantom clone – and will reveal a facelifted version at the Beijing Motor Show It’s amazing how much things have moved on in the last twelve months. A year ago we reported that China’s Geely had become the latest Chinese car maker […]
Mansory Rolls Royce Ghost. Ugh!! (except the oily bits)
Mansory have created the Mansory Ghost, a beautifully tweaked but appallingly rendered and customised Rolls Royce Ghost. Let’s get it out of the way first. We love the Rolls Royce Ghost and think the only problem Rolls Royce will have with it is that it’s hard to justify the extra for the RR Phantom once you’ve checked out […]
MINI Rolls Royce Edition confirmed
It appears that the plans for a MINI Limited Edition trimmed out by Rolls Royce – the ultimate MINI – have been given the go-ahead. So what have we had from MINI already this year? We’ve had news of the Coupe and Roadster at Frankfurt; we had the Camden and Mayfair back in May; the […]
Rolls Royce Ghost Hybrid
Rolls Royce are developing a hybrid version of the new RR Ghost, featuring the mild hybrid system from the BMW ActiveHybrid 7 Series. The reveal of the Rolls Royce Ghost was another of those long, drawn-out reveals that seem to be the norm these days. As far back as February we revealed the first official […]
Electric Rolls Royce Ghost/Phantom coming?
A Rolls Royce spokesman has said that they are looking at the viability of an electric RR Ghost or RR Phantom. We’ve got used to one car maker or another rolling out a hybrid or plug in of some description on an almost daily basis. From the stalwarts of electric cars like Reva with the […]