Monday 19th July 2010

Mansory Unveils Rolls Ghost 'White Edition'

German tuner Mansory (almost) creates a tasteful car

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It's finally happened: Mansory, German tuner of high-end luxury cars - and of deeply dubious taste - has almost created something palatable.

The last time we covered a Mansory creation was at Geneva, when the eye-breakingly foul Rolls-Royce Ghost Gold Edition was on display.

The latest piece from Mansory is along the same lines - it features the same bodykit, alloys and dodgy boot spoiler - but it is painted in a blissfully calm white, and has been dubbed the Ghost White Edition.

Don't look directly at it...

We're not sure about the white-finished 22in alloys, and the interior trim appears to take its design inspiration from those Guylian Belgian chocolate seashells, but overall it's a dramatic improvement on the blue, yellow and gold monstrosity that previously hurt our retinas so.

Mansory is going to make three Ghost White Editions, which are finished off with a 68hp power upgrade and an extra 59lb ft to make 638hp and 634lb ft of torque. Mansory reckons it's enough to cut 0.4secs from the 0-62mph sprint, making that a 4.5secs affair, while the top speed has been derestricted to 180mph.

[TurboMills]

I quite like that.

[GingerWizard]

nope

[BBS-LM]

Are these people colour blind, or just plain stupid.

[B10]

What do they do will all the bits they take off or replace?

[spoonoff]

Exterior, good. Interior... not so good.

We do need Mansory for comedy value though, not sure about all this 'good taste' milarke.

[fasterthanyou]

The exterior is nothing short of perfection. If I had what I assume would be 250k for this I would hand it over in a heart beat (minus the interior).

Its one of the coolest cars I have seen in a long time...

• For the record I am commenting on the white one and not the blue/gold thingy

Edited by fasterthanyou on Monday 19th July 13:28

[G0ldfysh]

My eyes!!!

[Justayellowbadge]

PH said:

Eye breakingly foul

Mansory said:

Ja, Hans, I am thinking they are liking it very much, ja? Ve haf to send more press releases to our friends at ze heads of pistons, ja?

[Paul 8v]

Is this what happens when a member of the McDonalds car park Saxo brigade wins the Euromillions?
The white one is slightly more tastefull...

[Fastra]

The 2 Directors of Mansory think its nice though:

[Paul 8v]

I may need to don a flameproof coat for saying this but I don't really like the standard Rolls anyway, I prefer the older ones which were more curvy, the new ones are a bit architectural

Edited by Paul 8v on Monday 19th July 13:45

[TotalControl]

bks! I went to give that thing a 4 but ended up clicking 7.

So, now that I've made a bloody commitment, I need to stick with it.

I guess the retro fridge door handles aren't that bad.

[Lightningman]

At least the company doesn't misrepresent with their name; as a man, I'd definitely be sorry if I'd spent my hard earned on that POS.

[Schmeeky]

Don't like the wood used in the interior, or the silly little spoiler on the boot; but apart from that I really like this. Who'd have thought Mansory could do a restrained, grown-up car? Certainly not me - I thought the blue and gold thing is one of the most vulgar cars I've seen.

[madala]

....tasteful!!!!!......my arse.....

[ZesPak]

See these guys at mansory:


CEO: Guys, we're the laughing stock of the motoring world, make something serious, restrained, respectable looking for a change.
Designers: aw! come one! that's ridiculous! Why would we do that?
CEO: You'll get a roller and a bucket of gold & electric blue paint afterwards
Designers: we're in!

[stuartrav]

A spoiler on a Rolls, that is just wrong

[Frimley111R]

Exterior of the white one is very nice but it's not really in keeping with the image of a RR is it? Spoliers and bodykits are 'beneath' such motoring 'royalty'.

[Trommel]

Frimley111R said:

Exterior of the white one is very nice but it's not really in keeping with the image of a RR is it? Spoliers and bodykits are 'beneath' such motoring 'royalty'.

Certainly not beneath Arab royalty.

[pSyCoSiS]

Not bad - but, a car like that, doesn't really need modifying....

Interior is st! Looks like something out of a mid-80s Vanden Plas affair!