Rolls-Royce dips the Ghost in the sinister Black Badge sauce it previously drowned in the shiny chrome and classic accents of the Dawn, Wraith and Cullinan. This is the Rolls-Royce Ghost Black Badge, an extra powerful and sportier variant of the Ghost.
Rolls-Royce has traditionally been a symbol of the chicest that the English car industry has to offer, so the brand’s cars with a mostly classic look go hand in hand with countless classic styling cues. Under the name Black Badge, Rolls-Royce takes all those details from its cars and to give them back a sporty character.
The regular Ghost – everything is relative – has a 6.75 liter V12 that delivers 572 hp and 850 Nm. Absolutely nothing to be ashamed of, but for the new sporty Black Badge version, Rolls-Royce injects that twelve-cylinder with extra power. The Ghost Black Badge is namely 600 hp and 900 Nm strong. With that power, the 2.490 kilogram weighing and 5.55 meter long sedan drags itself to 100 km / h in 4.7 counts. The top speed is set at 250 km/h.
Rolls Royce Ghost Black Badge
Rolls-Royce seems to realize better than anyone that the Black Badge label struggles with its classic and chic DNA. The brand calls ‘Black Badge’ its alter ego and describes it colorfully as ‘the dark side of opulence’. Although you can order the Ghost Black Badge in no fewer than 44,000 colors, the majority of Black Badge customers opt for the dark Black. That is also the ‘colour’ in which Rolls-Royce presents the new Ghost Black Badge. Fun fact: the paint layers of the Ghost Black Badge weigh no less than 45 kilos. Fiercely.
Rolls Royce Ghost Black Badge
The Ghost Black Badge sits on 21-inch wheels constructed from 44 layers of carbon fiber and features not only lower-gloss chrome, but also a darker grille topped with an equally sinister-looking Spirit of Ecstacy. Of course you can also go in all directions for the implementation of the interior. Rolls-Royce offers a huge range of materials and color combinations, including the blue-black interior you see on these plates.
Rolls Royce Ghost Black Badge
Incidentally, Rolls-Royce not only gives the Ghost Black Badge more power, the chassis is also calibrated completely differently according to the brand. In addition, the shift times of the automatic transmission are shorter and the car responds more directly to steering and throttle inputs. Extra potent braking is present to properly calm the colossus again.
– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl