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 […]
Rolls Royce Ghost Launch – watch it LIVE on Cars UK
Cars UK will be hosting the LIVE launch of the new Rolls Royce Ghost. Back in July, we hosted the launch of the new Jaguar XJ live on Cars UK. And thousands of you turned up to watch Jay Leno launch what is probably the most important Jaguar in at least a generation. So when […]
Rolls Royce Ghost launch Press Release
ROLLS-ROYCE TO UNVEIL GHOST AT FRANKFURT MOTOR SHOW 6 September 2009, Goodwood Rolls-Royce Motor Cars will unveil its new production model, Ghost, at the Frankfurt motor show on 15 September 2009. The car will be unveiled by Rolls-Royce Motor Cars’ Chairman, Ian Robertson and CEO, Tom Purves at a press conference at 16.00 CET. INTRODUCTION […]
Rolls Royce Ghost launched +Video
Rolls Royce has finally officially revealed the Rolls Royce Ghost, with more details, images and video. I know, there’s been so much information on the RR Ghost, that you thought it already had been launched. But it hasn’t, except at a private launch in Cannes in July. But now – apart from the actual ‘in […]
1928 Rolls-Royce Phantom 1 ‘Jarvis Torpedo’ at R.M. Auctions
When we went off to Salon Prive last month for a day of lobster, champagne and exotic cars, we did piece on the Salon Prive Classic Cars. And in amongst the Classic Cars was a 1928 Rolls-Royce Phantom 1 ‘Jarvis Torpedo’, which RM Auctions were displaying as a prelude to their ‘Automobiles of London’ Auction […]
Rolls Royce Ghost – the Video
The Rolls Royce Ghost is now very close to its first public reveal at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month. Not that there are many secrets left. The Ghost is pretty much exactly what the EX200 Concept was, bar minor detail. And the EX200 / RR4 has been out and about quite a bit, most […]
Salon Prive 2009 – a Good ‘Do’
If ever I took my Dad out to an event and he enjoyed himself, he always said the same thing – “That was a good do. Thanks”. And so it is with Salon Prive – a ‘Good Do’, thanks. And it really is. Yes, the price of entry is a somewhat eye-watering £125-200 (depending on […]
Rolls Royce Ghost – Prices & Performance
As is the way with car launches, information on the Rolls Royce Ghost has been trickling out for months now. Since the first reveal of what was then the RR4 / EX200 in February at Geneva, we’ve had umpteen RR Ghost Spy Shots and been spoon-fed information on the RR Ghost’ Suspension and its mechanicals. […]
Rolls Royce Sponsors Michael Jackson Funeral!
It’s a bit of a tabloid headline – apologies. And it’s not strictly true. But it is true that a Rolls Royce and Land Rover dealer – Land Rover Encino – supplied a couple of Black Rolls Royce Phantoms and a fleet of ten Black Range Rovers for the use of the Jackson family and […]