Rolls-Royce, in a stroke of what can solely be described as automotive couture wizardry, has rolled out the Ghost Prism. A restricted version, 120-unit tribute to the model’s one hundred and twentieth birthday. And it appears to be like just like the social gathering started with a very avant-garde recreation of Tornado to decide on the colour choices.
The Ghost Prism is available in Gunmetal with an assortment of accent choices – Phoenix Crimson, Turchese, Mandarin, and Forge Yellow which you’ll have utilized to the decrease bumper inserts, brake calipers, and the coachline. And utilized is correctly an understatement. And the Ghost Prism isn’t simply painted; it’s virtually pampered. The Gunmetal exterior is a results of a 10-step course of that’s extra concerned than your common spa remedy. 4 layers of paint, hand-polished for 16 hours – that’s not a paint job; that’s an initiation ritual into excessive society.
Then there’s the brightwork. Neglect the traditional Rolls-Royce mirror end; the Ghost Prism goes for the “Burnout” look, a high-gloss, smoked black-grey that sounds prefer it ought to include its personal rock soundtrack. Every metallic piece is hand-prepped, primed, painted with 4 coats, after which polished to match the automobile’s shiny exterior. It’s like make-up on your automobile, however the form that prices as a lot as a small yacht.
Fittingly, Anders Warming, the maestro behind this grand spectacle, talks concerning the Ghost Prism as if it have been the Mona Lisa of vehicles. It’s a “timeless assertion of self-expression.” “At Rolls-Royce, we’re led by the tastes and needs of our shoppers, who in lots of circumstances decide international traits in trend and the broader luxurious sector. Ghost Prism is an extension of the private aesthetic of a particular subset from this group of tastemakers. The motor automobile’s progressive use of darkish, impartial tones with delicate impulses of color, locations it firmly throughout the up to date luxurious panorama. Our shoppers are consultants and connoisseurs who know precisely what they need; Ghost Prism celebrates the distinctive relationship we now have with them.”
Beneath this assortment of hues is a twin-turbo V12, a symphony in engineering that may propel this luxurious leviathan from 0 to 60 sooner than you possibly can say “I’ll have the caviar.”
Gasoline consumption? Effectively, for those who’re out there for a Ghost Prism, that is in all probability not your major concern however for the sake of due diligence, the Ghost Prism ranges from 15.0 to fifteen.8 ltr/100 km. It’s clear that the Ghost Prism prefers the finer issues in life, like premium petrol.
Inside, the pièce de résistance is undoubtedly the Bespoke Starlight Headliner, an opulent characteristic that brings the evening sky inside, with 1,040 individually positioned ‘stars’. No rainbow sadly.