Opulent And All-New 2021 Rolls-Royce Ghost Reaches UK Showrooms, Deliveries Begin In December

The second-generation Rolls-Royce Ghost has arrived in UK showrooms ahead of the model’s customer deliveries scheduled in the fourth quarter of 2020.

After final inspection at the Home of Rolls-Royce in Goodwood, England, the first batch of Ghost luxury saloons were dispatched to the brand’s eight UK dealerships in Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Essex, Leeds, London, Manchester, and Sunningdale.

“From the creation of the first Goodwood Ghost in 2009, this less formal, more dynamic expression of the marque has drawn an entirely new generation of British entrepreneurs to Rolls-Royce,” said Julian Jenkins, Regional Director, UK, Europe, Russia and Central Asia.

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“We are proud to bring them the most technologically advanced Rolls-Royce yet. Ghost will continue to underpin the marque’s success in its home market by standing as the ultimate reward for the men and women who drive Britain’s vibrant culture of entrepreneurship.”

According to Rolls-Royce, the new Ghost is the result of “exhaustive dialogue with the marque’s customers”. Many of them demanded a car that “rejected unnecessary branding, affectation or obtrusive technology”. This led to designers taking a minimalist approach to the new Ghost’s design language, which Rolls-Royce calls “Post-Opulence”.

London played a particularly important role in defining the 2021 Ghost’s design direction. More specifically, the capital’s landmark Shard building served as inspiration for the new Ghost’s reductive approach to aesthetic form.

The second-generation Ghost marks a significant departure from its predecessor as it ditches the BMW 7 Series platform for Rolls-Royce’s bespoke rigid aluminum spaceframe architecture shared with the Phantom flagship. As a result, the Ghost gains all-wheel drive and all-wheel steering for the first time, as well as a world-first Planar suspension system for increased agility and effortlessness.

Power comes from the hallmark 6.75-liter twin-turbo V12 engine, hooked to the brand’s Satellite Aided Transmission. The power plant delivers 571 PS (563 HP) and 850 Nm (627 lb-ft) of torque available from just 1,600 rpm – only 600 rpm above tick-over.

UK deliveries of the all-new Rolls-Royce Ghost and Ghost Extended will begin in December 2020. Local pricing starts at £208,000 for the standard wheelbase model. In the United States, deliveries will start in early 2021, with the new Ghost carrying a starting MSRP of $332,500.