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50th Anniversary Edition Minis will be present at Frankfurt Motor Show
 On September 15, 2009, IAA Frankfurt Motor Show opens its gates to the press. A first for BMW Group: This year, all three brands are presented under one roof – in Hall 11 which today was officially opened by Frankfurt`s Lord Mayor Petra Roth. Europe`s most state-of-the-art exhibition hall can be reached directly from the new main entrance of the Frankfurt exhibition grounds. The highlight of BMW`s 2009 motor show presentation is a circuit of several hundred meters length that encloses the entire exhibition space and on which the BMW EfficientDynamics fleet and the world premieres will be presented.Thomas Muderlak, responsible for BMW Group`s presentation ...
Tags: frankfurt, camden, mayfair, mini-50, bmw, motor-show, mini-mayfair
Rare Glimpse Inside Bentley And Rolls-Royce Treasure Trove
 Owners, enthusiasts and traders invited to Bentley Motors (26-27 September) for unique parts and accessories sales fairOne of the motor industry's hidden treasure troves will be opened for the first time in September when Bentley Motors holds a one-off parts and accessories sales fair.The famous Crewe-based manufacturer will be offering professional traders and owners of both Bentley and Crewe-built Rolls-Royce cars, as well as enthusiasts of these iconic British marques, the opportunity to purchase anything from a V8 engine block or replacement gearbox right through to an indicator bulb or pristine, beautifully illustrated 1950s handbook.Bentley Motors holds over 55,000 part lines for all Bentley models ...
Tags: parts, garage, v8, event, bentley, continental, accessories
Rolls-Royce designers retriming Mini Cooper special edition
 We all though they were operating on opposite sides of the spectrum BMW Group, Mini and Rolls-Royce but... now could be working on some special edition new Mini Cooper, that is if the UK reports are true. With the sales down for Rolls-Royce, as a result of the recession, BMW - parent company is looking for spreading some of the luxury touches of the automaker across the lineup.So, Autocar affirms that a prototype unit has been made with an additional-luxurious inside akin to all those one custom regularly mated to Mini Coopers - the original over forty years ago. The magazine states that Mini executives ...
Tags: rolls-royce, design, retrim, mini, cooper, special, edition, bmw, luxury
Rolls-Royce is planning convertible, coupe Ghosts
 Rolls-Royce affirms that its next 'entry-level' Ghost sedan model was created to be made as a sedan, a convertible and a coupe that the luxury carmaker plans of offering a complete range of cars based on that platform. It's much like the bigger Phantom, this Ghost unit will spawn a complete 'family' of glamorous rides - on a lower cost albeit.Heretofore well known as RR4, Ghost is the next 7-Series-based BMW 'baby Rolls'.'The Ghost was designed in a way to make other body styles' Andreas Thurner - Rolls-Royce designer reported to Autocar. 'We have to build up a family for the Ghost just as we ...
Tags: rolls-royce, convertible, coupe, ghost, phantom, baby
Suspension details about Rolls Royce Ghost
 Rolls-Royce Motor Cars ensures us that the all-new Ghost unit delivers riding peerless dynamics by using the newest developments involving the chassis engineering. Tom Purves, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars CEO says, 'The Ghost will be as refined and as cosseting as anything that this marque has ever produced. But it will have a dynamic vitality afforded to it due to the latest technology and engineering techniques. These have been bestowed on this car with the same care and attention as the more traditional materials within'.Helmut Riedl, Rolls-Royce Engineering Director says 'A Rolls-Royce should be effortless in every way: the way it accelerates, brakes and handles. It ...
Tags: rolls-royce, sedan, luxury, ghost, motor
Ghost 200EX Rolls-Royce (a.k.a. RR4) is getting a name
_is_getting_a_name-1240239657.jpg) Rolls-Royce was on stage in March at the at the Motor Show at Geneva with a concept version (thinly-veiled) of its all-new 'entry level' sedan model. Although dubbed 200EX on that time — and referred as RR4 also — the auto will be marketed with a new name: the Rolls-Royce Ghost. Rolls-Royce opened 2 months ago the vault on 7-Series-based “Baby Rolls” by BMW but this is really the 1st time that production name of the auto has been known. Rolls-Royce debuted the Phantom coupe and convertible with 101EX and 100EX 'experimental vehicles' this Ghost was introduced by 200EX prototype. This Ghost will be carrying ...
Tags: rolls-royce, ghost, 200ex, rr4, name
Rolls-Royce unveils big engine for its RR4 - Silver Ghost
 Tom Purves - Rolls-Royce CEO last month announced the engine production variant of the 200EX concept unit wouldn't be from those BMW parts bin plus would be an all-new V12 model. Purves has unveiled specific details now about the engine in New York at press conference.The baby Roller, new that will revive hopefully the name - Silver Ghost, will be getting a V12 6.6-liter turbo charged engine producing 500 hp at least. While a .55 liters/cylinder displacement does not seem that much, it’s quite big in the community of V12, which rarely reaches above 50% a liter/cylinder. The Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 632 hp has a ...
Tags: rolls-royce, rr4, silver ghost, luxury, tom purves, ceo
BMW posting worse-than-expected results for 2008
 Audi posted the record 2008 numbers, but BMW - cross-country rival had a lot more rougher go from its pprevious year. The profits of BMW have declined almost 90 % over the previous year, leading to worse-even-than-expected 2008 financial results.The U.S. sales of BMW dropped last year by 37 % – equaling a twenty eight -year low – meanwhile sales in Europe trailed off by twenty seven %. The global sales of BMW– including the firm’s Mini and Rolls-Royce brand names – totaled 1,439,918 models last year.Thanks to the decline of sales, BMW’s revenue now dropped five % in the previous year to 53.2 ...
Tags: bmw, 2008, results, mini, rolls royce
Project Kahn is upgrading the Rolls Royce Phantom
 Having one of Rolls-Royce 1600 autos (convertibles, sedans and coupes) made per year it's not exclusive enough, so... Project Kahn will offer some extras. When a luxury car is upgraded, the attention must really be great, preserving all that elegance that's coming from the plant. The final goal is to do the changes look like they did come indeed from the factory. This is exactly what the Project Kahn (English tuners) did with this beauty - Rolls Royce, pearl white.An extreme attention was taken creating the Kahn Silver Mist Rolls Royce 22 inch wheel, the diamond polish care, treatment too. OE, original equipment fit was ...
Tags: project kahn, rolls royce, phantom, tuning
Details on Rolls-Royce 200EX 2009
 The `Baby Rolls-Royce``s breaking the cover before its debut at the Motor Show in Geneva. During its development it`s referred to like the RR4, but that it`s a concept now, getting the traditional "EX" (that`s for experimental) designation. There's very little which`s experimental with 200EX. This auto is expected now to be an quite complete showing oft a sedan that`s expected to reach in 2010 the streets (using possibly the historic Silver Ghost name.)200EX - 17.7 feet (5399mm) length - more than 50% a foot longer even than a BMW 7-Series long wheelbase, but a foot and a half almost, shorter than Phantom ...
Tags: rolls-royce, 200ex, 2009, sedan, concept, geneva, motor, show
- july 2006
Rolls-Royce Phantom
4-doors, sedan
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 250 km/h- march 1994
Rolls-Royce Corniche
5-doors, hatchback
- Fuel: diesel
Topspeed: 183 km/h- march 1993
Rolls-Royce Park Ward
5-doors, hatchback
- Fuel: diesel
Topspeed: 183 km/h- march 1993
Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph
5-doors, hatchback
- Fuel: diesel
Topspeed: 183 km/h- august 1995
Rolls-Royce Silver Spur
5-doors, hatchback
- Fuel: diesel
Topspeed: 183 km/h
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