It’s official – the upcoming Rolls-Royce Ghost will feature BMW’s most powerful engine ever, in a car made by the company at least. The 6.6 litre V12 engine under the Ghost’s hood will produce 570 PS (563bhp) and 780Nm of torque, figures that best the X5 M and X6 M’s 4.4 litre V8 engine 555 PS by a narrow margin. The McLaren F1’s BMW engine tops the M division’s powercharts at 680 PS and 705Nm in its highest state of road-going tune in the LM version.
The 780Nm equals the M V8 engine, and it is achieved at 1,500rpm. 0 to 100km/h will take just 4.9 seconds in the new Rolls-Royce Ghost, and the car will rush towards the horizon to an electronically governed top speed of 250km/h. Power is sent to the rear wheels via a 8-speed ZF transmission.
“Rolls-Royce power is entirely different to anything else in the automotive world. It is delivered free from stress and exertion but at the same time must engage the driver. Ghost is about fingertip control while still enjoying a dynamic connection with the road. Equally passengers need to be cosseted from the physical sensations of acceleration, braking and cornering. Our chassis set up keeps Ghost stable and flat, preventing it from wallowing or pitching in the corners or imposing undesirable forces on those inside,” claims Rolls-Royce Director of Engineering, Helmut Riedl.
The Ghost will feature air struts at each corner of the car’s 3,295mm wheelbase, and will use multi-link aluminium front and rear axles. Engine, exhaust and tyre noise have been engineered to be as quiet as possible, so the way the V12 engine screams to delivers its power will be quite different from the M V8 engine.
The cheapest Ghost will go for £165,000 excluding taxes and delivery charges, beginning late 2009. It will hit our region (Asia Pacific) from Q2 2010 onwards. That’s already just under RM1 million if you convert it directly, so with all the taxes and etc you get in our country I won’t dare imagine what the final price tag will be like.
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the fuel guzzler for the riches…..way the go roll bob
wow! A cool million before taxes. I think after taxes, the owner actually has to be a ghost as it will need all those hell bank notes that their love ones can burn for them. There is also another problem for the ghost owner. . . It depends on the exchange rate as well. Ha ha ha.
and but then again its for the riches….fuel prices dosent affect any of them…
stupid me..slap…..
but its for the riches…even skyhigh fuel price dosent do any harm to them….stupid me…slap
We've forgotten the BMW S70/2 McLaren F1 powerplant here did we?
I guess I did! ;)
i'm waiting for the post my daddy already book this
"wow! A cool million before taxes. I think after taxes, the owner actually has to be a ghost as it will need all those hell bank notes that their love ones can burn for them."
Not unless you're an ex-MB of Selangor
Nice one. Looks divine, i mean devilishly divine??
But not worthy of a Roller badge. Its too sporty. Rollers are this upright, uptight and majestic rides. This one is simply too……..BMW……
I guess the lines are too soft on this baby, making it lose that stately figure.
ghost car?
RM5 mil for a car and that is a low estimate. Maybe the Sarawak MB wants to change his current RR with this newer one
Yea, Sarawak Chief Minister can afford this…i once saw his old RR on the road.
"Don't mind if I do" – Sarawak CM
maybe sarawak CM alr order, n wait for delievery at home