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How to start it
Step on the brake, press the small START/STOP button on the right side of the steering column. The V12 starts with no audible cue — you'll only know by the Power Reserve dial lifting off zero.
Ghost
CuratedDerived trims
The 2025 Rolls-Royce Ghost combines 6.75L Twin-Turbo V12 with AWD. Its catalog figures are 563 hp, 5,490 lb, and a starting price near $370K. The catalog lists 0–60 mph in 4.6 seconds and a 155 mph top speed.
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Trims
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Features
What this car offers
Safety & driver assistance
- Automatic emergency braking
- Blind-spot monitoring
- Lane-keeping assist
- Adaptive cruise control
- Front, side and curtain airbags
Performance hardware
- Performance brake package
- Launch control
- Adaptive / magnetorheological dampers
- Torque-vectoring AWD
- Multiple drive modes (Comfort / Sport / Track)
Cabin & technology
- Digital instrument cluster
- Premium leather upholstery
- Wireless Apple CarPlay & Android Auto
- Bluetooth + smartphone integration
- Premium audio system
- Heated and cooled seats
Safety rating
5/ 5
Value score
7.7/ 10
Performance, build, and ownership-cost composite.
Overview
About the Rolls-Royce Ghost
Every Rolls-Royce carries some of the company's history with it, and the Ghost is no exception. The 2025 Rolls-Royce Ghost combines 6.75L Twin-Turbo V12 with AWD. Its catalog figures are 563 hp, 5,490 lb, and a starting price near $370K. The catalog lists 0–60 mph in 4.6 seconds and a 155 mph top speed.
Under the bonnet sits a 6.75L Twin-Turbo V12, sending 563 hp to a AWD driveline. That's enough for 4.6 seconds to 60 mph and a 155 mph maximum — figures that say as much about the gearing and aerodynamics as they do about the engine. At roughly 5,490 lb it carries about 9.8 lb per horsepower, which is the number that actually predicts how it feels on a road rather than on a spec sheet.
Mechanically it's a conventional, well-understood package rather than an experiment, which is a large part of why it works as an everyday car.
Fast four-doors are the most rational performance purchase there is: supercar pace when you want it, four seats and a boot when you don't, and enough refinement to use every day. At around $370,000, the Ghost is priced as a car people genuinely use, and our value score of 7.7/10 reflects what you get for that against its direct rivals rather than against the market as a whole.
Owned properly, it rewards drivers who care about how a car does something more than how fast it did it.
How to use
Owner's walkthrough
Practical guide for everything a new owner asks on day one — starting the car, finding the gear selector, drive modes, infotainment, driver aids, and easy-to-miss features.
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Where the gear selector is (and how to use it)
Slim column stalk on the right of the steering column — silent click up for R, down for D, push the end for P. Wipers live on the left stalk.
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Drive modes
Drive modes are accessed via (no drive-mode selector — Rolls hides it; the car self-adapts). Available modes typically include Auto. Each mode reshuffles throttle mapping, steering weight, adaptive dampers (if equipped), exhaust valves, and stability-control thresholds. On performance trims, an 'Individual' or 'Custom' slot lets you save your favorite combination so you can recall it with one click instead of nesting through menus.
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Cluster & head-up display
The driver display is a 12.3-inch digital cluster (Power Reserve dial, not RPM). Use the steering-wheel left thumb-pad to cycle layouts (Classic, Sport, Navigation, Minimal). When in Sport / Track mode the cluster automatically swaps to a wide tach with gear indicator and tire-temperature readout. The head-up display brightness, height, and content are configured from Settings → Displays → HUD.
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Infotainment & voice control
Infotainment runs on Spirit 2.0 with bespoke graphics. Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are standard; pair from Settings → Connections the first time, then it auto-connects whenever your phone is in range. "Hey Spirit" wakes the in-car assistant for nav, climate, calls, and messaging without touching the screen. The main display also hosts vehicle-specific apps: tire pressures, performance data recorder (where fitted), drive-mode customizer, and the camera views.
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Driver assistance
Standard driver aids include adaptive cruise control, lane-keeping assist, automatic emergency braking, blind-spot monitoring, and rear cross-traffic alert. Toggle each system individually from the driver-assist menu (steering-wheel left-pad → Assistance). Highway-driving assist (hands-off in marked lanes on supported roads), automatic lane-change on indicator tap, traffic-jam assist for stop-and-go, and a 360° surround camera with transparent-hood mode are all available and worth enabling for the first time before driving in heavy traffic.
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Fueling
Premium unleaded (91 or 93 octane) is required on Rolls-Royce performance models — the engine timing is set for it and lower octane causes audible knock and reduced power. Fuel-cap release is a button on the driver door panel; the cap is capless (just push the nozzle in).
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Keys & phone-as-key
Beyond the physical key, this car supports Rolls-Royce Connected key. Set up phone-as-key from the Whispers (owners-only) / Connected app: it provisions a secure credential to your phone's wallet so a tap on the door handle unlocks the car and placing the phone on the wireless charging pad authorizes ignition. You can also share temporary keys to family members (with optional speed and area limits on performance trims) directly from the app.
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First-week tips & easy-to-miss features
A few things every new owner tells us they wish they'd known on day one:
- Download the brand app (Whispers (owners-only) / Connected) and pair it with your VIN before your first long trip — remote climate, charging/fuel-level checks, and remote lock-status save you walking back to the garage in winter.