6.6L V12 in RR Ghost tops BMWs Horsepower Charts

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6.6L V12 in Ghost tops BMW’s horsepower charts

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 liter V12 engine under the Ghost’s hood will produce 570 PS (563bhp) and 680Nm of torque, figures that best the X5 M and X6 M’s 4.4 liter 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 680Nm equals the M V8 engine, and it is achieved at 1,500rpm. The torque is slightly lower than the Phantom’s 720Nm of torque from its 6.75 liter direct injected V12, but the Phantom makes less power at 453 horses.

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.


6.6L V12 in Ghost tops BMW’s horsepower charts