ROLLS ROYCE GHOST

Specifications

The Ghost is a Rolls to take when the parking is tighter and the chauffeur’s got the day off. Smaller, in the same way a tanker is to a supertanker, the Ghost keeps Rolls-Royce’s imperious manner but with slightly more bluff edges and not quite as aggrandising a front grille. coming from a company that still refers to its products as ‘motor cars’ the Ghost retains old-world charm and luxury despite being largely based on a BMW 7-Series’s gubbins.

Now in 2015 Series II guise, the Ghost is closer than ever before to its big brother – the venerable Phantom. Every single panel on the front of the car has been changed. There’s new LED headlights, some new interior tech’, and even a satellite-aided gearbox.

You’re more likely to drive the Ghost than its Phantom bigger sister, though it’s still a sizeable machine to pilot around town. It feels authentic enough behind the thin-rimmed wheel, but there’s a bit more chatter through the steering wheel than the Phantom. Likewise, the engine’s heard more often, but the sound of a 6.5-litre twin-turbo V12 isn’t a bad one. The ride is largely excellent, the ghost’s trick air springs claimed to be able to detect which side a passenger sits in the rear and adjust accordingly, but our underinvested roads see the Ghost sometimes struggle to retain its dignified composure.