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Rolls Royce Ghost
Engine
The Ghost is powered by a 6.6-litre twin-turbo V12 based on the one in the BMW 760Li and mated to an eight-speed ZF automatic gearbox. With 563bhp, it's the most potent engine ever to grace a Rolls but, as befits the car, it goes about its business discreetly. What you sense is a vast linear surge rather than an undignified charge.
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Handling
The Ghost draws its chassis components and advanced electronic systems from the BMW 7 Series, although they've been given a unique Rolls-Royce flavour. It's billed as the drivers' Rolls-Royce and it lives up to that with wonderful poise and steering fluidity, but there's too much firmness to the low-speed ride.
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Interior
The Ghost is 5.4 metres long, and you’re very aware of its size when manoeuvring. Big door mirrors block your sideways view at junctions, too. However, for a car that's packing so much equipment, it's remarkably intuitive to use, thanks to a version of BMW excellent driver interface, iDrive.
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Exterior
With the Ghost, the outside world stays exactly that: outside. There's some wind noise around the vast door mirrors at high speed and you're not totally denied the aural pleasure of the V12 when accelerating hard, but a double bulkhead between the engine bay and passenger cell ensures it's never intrusive. Driveline smoothness is exemplary.
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