The Rolls-Royce Ghost is a saloon (sedan) with 4 doors and a front mounted powerplant which supplies the power through the rear wheels.
Its 12 cylinder, double overhead camshaft turbocharged engine has 4 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 6.6 litres. It develops power and torque figures of 562.6 bhp (570 PS/420 kW) at 5250 rpm and 780 Nm (575 lbft/79.5 kgm) at 1500 rpm respectively.
Power is transmitted to the wheels through an 8 speed automatic gearbox.
Quoted kerb weight is 2435 kg.
It is claimed to achieve a maxiumum speed of 250 km/h, or 155 mph, official fuel consumption is 20.5/9.6/13.6 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined, and carbon dioxide emissions are 317.0 g/km.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 3295 mm | 129.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1622 mm | 63.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1660 mm | 65.4 inches | |
| Length | 5399 mm | 212.6 inches | |
| Width | 1948 mm | 76.7 inches | |
| Height | 1550 mm | 61 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 150 mm | 5.9 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.64 | ||
| Kerb weight | 2435 kg | 5368 lb | |
| Weight distribution | 51.8% front | ||
| fuel tank capacity | 82.5 litres | 18.1 [21.8] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | 0.33 | ||
| Frontal area | 2.60 m² | ||
| CdA | 0.86 | ||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | turbocharged petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Rolls-Royce | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | V 12 in 60° vee | ||
| Capacity | 6.6 litre 6592 cc (402.269 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 89 × 88.3 mm
3.5 × 3.48 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.01 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 48 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 570 PS (562.6 bhp) (420 kW) at 5250 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 780 Nm (575 ft·lb) (79.5 kgm) at 1500 rpm |
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| Specific output | 63.6 kW/litre 86.5 ps/litre 85.3 bhp/litre 1.4 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
118.33 Nm/litre
1.43 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 10:1 | ||
| Fuel system | direct petrol injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1486.9 kPa (215.7 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 549.33 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo | ||
| Compressor | 2 turbochargers | ||
| Intercooler | |||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | 4.7 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 4.9 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | 13.2 s | ||
| Standing kilometre | 23.1 s | ||
| Maximum speed | 250 km/h (155 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 234.26 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.23 PS/kg 172.29 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.17 kW/kg 231.05 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.23 bhp/kg 0.1 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 5.8 kg/kW 9.69 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 20.5/9.6/13.6 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 20.5/9.6/13.6 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| km/litre | 4.9/10.4/7.4 km/l urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| UK MPG | 13.8/29.4/20.8 UK MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| US MPG | 11.5/24.5/17.3 US MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 317.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | M | ||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | G | ||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | power assisted rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | 3.100 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 8½J x 19 EH2 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 8½J x 19 EH2 | ||
| Tyres front | 255/50 R 19 103Y | ||
| Tyres rear | 255/50 R 19 103Y | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 410 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 402 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 8 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.67 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 2.81 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 201256 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 58.9 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2009 Rolls-Royce Ghost added 2009-08-31. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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