SPIED: NEW Photos And NEW Details Emerge About The 2021 Rolls-Royce Ghost

There's something that's best described as majestic about a Rolls-Royce. And try as hard as other brands may, they simply don't have the juice to live up to the mythical-like Rollers.

They're just that good.

Anyone who tells you otherwise simply hasn't ridden or driven one to fully understand. The hater factor is strong among this marque, folks.

While the British brand is hot off the heels of the launch of the Cullinan and eighth-generation Phantom, the Ghost is in desperate need of a next-generation product. And, from what we can see, we're getting closer to the day.

Although it may be a bit difficult to decipher — it's not the camouflage's fault either. It's a design that will get a nip/tuck and revised. While it may be all new, it will not look that way. It's, stylistically, a small evolution. On the inside it's expected to benefit from the same technologies found within the Phantom VIII and Cullinan (e.g., BMW AG tech).

According to the latest reports, the massive V12 will make the cut. Rolls-Royce is taking a hard pass on a hybrid variant BUT may produce an fully electrified Ghost given the significant demand in the Chinese marketplace.

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MDarringer - 7/21/2019 9:58:26 AM

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If it's going to be like the Phantom where the new car is indistinguishable from the old car, why bother?

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 7/21/2019 2:59:49 PM

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@MD- Brand new but hardly different must be what buyers want. They sell so few cars they are likely very close to the customers. And as you have see, their idea of evolving the design of their cars is about 1/8 the speed that Porsche and Land Rover progress at. You can make a car for the buyer or you can make a car to please yourself (C8 Corvette) and hope someone buys it.

MDarringer - 7/21/2019 6:52:27 PM

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Neither please me.

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 7/21/2019 7:19:17 PM

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@MD- I would agree on that point.

TomM - 7/22/2019 10:54:25 AM

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I disagree

I have both the current Phantom and the one before it - and I can easily tell them apart - apparently so can Valets at most good restaurants. People who would never buy them because they really cannot afford them can't tell the difference because they don't see them enough.

And as far as I am concerned - Porsche barely changes its cars style from generation to generation as well. Unless you really know them or own one - most people cannot tell which cars are what age as well. And that is for the Buyers too.

And if they don't please you - don't buy one - not that you could anyway.

MDarringer - 7/22/2019 11:02:46 AM

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I knew the alcoholic with dementia would respond. That was such an easy set up.

TomM - 7/23/2019 12:13:38 AM

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Sorry to hear that YOU are blind as a bat Matt.

The fact is - the current Phantom is easily told from the last one - even when mine are the same color - white. The front ends of the car are not remotely the same. Among the Changes - The headlights are shaped completely differently - the Grill is rounded at the top and corners - the old one is completely straight lined - There is a new piece that holds the license plate that was NOT on the old one - and the "bumper" portion is completely different. The old one has a Chrome strip on the hood that runs the length of the hood from the Hood Ornament to the Windshield - which the new one does not have - which is an obvious change. The new one has TWO strips that run at the side of the Middle Hump of the Hood. The wheels are different. On the sides - the style line runs above the Door handles and curves down to the front of the rear wheel wells on the new one - and it runs BELOW the Door Handles on the old one and does not curve down until almost the end of the rear fender on the old one. Even the rear lights are shaped differently.

I can manage to tell the difference between the two cars from a distance away. Either you have lost your sight - or you have lost your mind - but likely BOTH.

TomM - 7/23/2019 12:13:48 AM

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skytop - 7/21/2019 12:29:49 PM

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It looks exactly like a C8 Corvette!

Agent00R - 7/21/2019 8:13:34 PM

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Fun guy.

MDarringer - 7/22/2019 11:05:15 AM

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@skytop I'm surprised TomM didn't write an essay on the styling differences between the C8 and the Checker Cab he pretends to own. I still find it fascinating that the new Phantom came out and he had one in his garage the second week.

NewQ - 7/23/2019 6:35:52 AM

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I have no idea if he really has all of these cars. Maybe he's a billionaire with an inexplicable amount of time on his hands? Or maybe he only sees these cars when he closes his eyes and concentrates?

Even still, he's right. Rolls-Royce follow an evolutionary design with their vehicles over time. There's a reason for that, and that reason is their clientele. It's not like Rolls-Royce is just making up these decisions for no reason.

Rolls-Royce may understand their clients the best of anyone in the industry, and this is what their clients want. They want heritage and prestige, and I think their design language and ethos perfectly reflects that. You may not like it, but then again, it's not like *THAT* is what's stopping you from buying one...

mre30 - 7/22/2019 3:33:08 PM

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Save $200,000 and just buy the BMW 750/760i. You will get 90% of the experience for 40% of the money.

Plus, if you get a 760i, people won't "judge" you for driving a Rolls-Royce. (By using the word "judge" - some synonyms would be = hate you out of sheer envy, assume you stole the money to buy it, assume you have an RR just to pick up chicks/guys, assume you are a Trump supporter, assume you are a limousine liberal, assume you are a criminal, assume your sugar daddy/cougar mama bought it for you, assume you are insecure and bought it to make yourself 'feel good', etc.).