Rolls-Royce creates Ghost Extended for global entrepreneurs
The Rolls-Royce Ghost Extended has been extended by 170mm. Photos: Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce has just revealed the Ghost Extended the rear legroom by 170mm with no compromise to the luxury car’s driving dynamics.
The Ghost Extended is for owners who are chauffeur-driven during the week but can drive the car themselves on the weekend, says Rolls-Royce.
The company consulted with its new generation of Rolls-Royce clients, global entrepreneurs, about their needs for the Ghost Extended.
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Chief Executive Officer, Torsten Müller-Ötvös, said they had in-depth dialogue with Rolls-Royce’s diverse and global customer base.
“Many of them asked the marque to create a motor car that provides the indulgence of enhanced rear space with no compromise to driving dynamics. Ghost Extended answers this customer demand by creating a product with duality of purpose that augments both business and lifestyle requirements,” he said.
The rear has been styled for business people who are chauffeur-driven during the week.
Customer centricity has informed every step of the development process. A key learning was that Ghost Extended customers wanted no compromise to Ghost’s minimalist design. The marque’s designers worked to cloak the extra length by only extending the rear door and body around the rear door apertures, preserving the lines of the car.
A suite of enhancements to the rear of the cabin reflects Ghost Extended’s flexibility. For the first time, a reclining Serenity Seat can be specified, offering a new dimension of rear seat comfort akin to a business jet cabin environment.
The rear cabin also provides the perfect environment to transition from business to leisure. To enhance this, a Champagne fridge is provided between the rear seats and has been developed with exacting attention to the needs of the Rolls-Royce client. To achieve this, the marque’s engineers consulted with a Master Sommelier.
They learned that the optimum serving temperatures of non-vintage Champagne is around six degrees centigrade and vintage Champagnes is around 11 degrees centigrade. To that end, the refrigerator operates two cooling modes, chilling to six degrees and 11 degrees.
The Ghost Extended has all-wheel drive and all-wheel steering for the first time.
For Ghost Extended’s entrepreneurial customers, access to WiFi and cutting-edge infotainment systems is essential for use during the business day.
Ghost Extended is built on the Architecture of Luxury, Rolls-Royce’s proprietary all-aluminium spaceframe that underpins every new Rolls-Royce model. The marque's hallmark Magic Carpet.
Ride is delivered by a new Planar Suspension System, the result of more than 10 years' exhaustive testing and refinement by specialist engineers. Featuring continuously variable, electronically controlled shock absorbers, self-levelling high-volume air strut assemblies and a world-first upper wishbone damper; this technology has never been previously applied to a production motor car. Ghost Extended also has all-wheel drive and all-wheel steering for the first time.
The Ghost Extended is priced from NZ$552,330 and arrives in early 2021.
It is powered by a 6.75-litre twin turbocharged V12 engine developed exclusively for Ghost. The requirement for silence when travelling is answered through 100kg of acoustic damping materials incorporated into the chassis, bodywork and tyres, it delivers exhilarating performance without disturbing the serenity within.
The Ghost Extended is priced from NZ$552,330, with the Ghost at $490,230 but Rolls-Royces says that because the cars are bespoke, actual pricing is highly dependent on customer specification.
First customer deliveries will be made in the first quarter of 2021.
