Rolls-Royce, through its Manchester dealership partner, has unveiled the one-of-one Manchester Ghost.
According to the British automotive brand, the Rolls-Royce Manchester Ghost was built to commemorate the city’s historical connection with the brand.
It was in the Midland Hotel in Manchester that the founders of the marque met and agreed to create “the best motor car in the world.”
“I am proud to unveil the Manchester Ghost, a truly special one-of-one embodiment of artistry and skill, curated in collaboration with our Dealer Partners from Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Manchester. As Charles Rolls and Henry Royce first met in Manchester, the city has, and always will have, a potent historical resonance for the marque. Our accomplished artisans, designers, and engineers at the Home of Rolls-Royce at Goodwood, West Sussex have created a truly remarkable motor car, capturing the city’s history, and the city today, as well as celebrating some of its most remarkable accomplishments. The Manchester Ghost brings together the Home of Rolls-Royce where each motor car is hand built and the city where the original idea for Rolls-Royce was born,” said Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Regional Director for the United Kingdom, Europe, and the Commonwealth of Independent States Boris Weletzky.
The Rolls-Royce Manchester Ghost proudly wears the Manchester Bee badge on the motor car’s C-pillars, which per the Goodwood-based brand, symbolizes the Mancunians’ strong work ethic and the city being a hive of activity.
Embroidered Manchester Bee logos can also be found on the seat inserts of the bespoke Rolls-Royce Manchester Ghost.
Unique exterior appointments offered by the one-off Rolls-Royce Manchester Ghost luxury sedan include a Turchese coachline, Turchese pinstripe wheel center caps, and Turchese brake calipers.
Inside, the Rolls-Royce Manchester Ghost features an illuminated fascia with 10,000 laser-etched dots. The design depicts an ethereal view of Manchester from above while the largest etched dot on the illuminated dashboard decoration represents the location of the Midland Hotel.
The illuminated fascia, Rolls-Royce said, references the title of the poem “This is the Place” by Tony Walsh, a sentimental tribute to the city of Manchester.
And while on the topic of iconic Manchester locations, the rear seats of the Rolls-Royce Manchester Ghost feature landmark locations of the city embroidered in tone-on-tone thread.
Also featured in the luxurious cabin is a Graphene headliner. Graphene, for the uninitiated, is an incredibly lightweight, strong, and flexible material discovered by two professors at the University of Manchester in 2004.
This bespoke commission celebrates this achievement, with the fabled Rolls-Royce headliner depicting a Graphene lattice-inspired pattern.
Lastly, the Rolls-Royce Manchester Ghost wears illuminated treadplates with the initials “MCR.” The carmaker explained that the Binary-inscribed letters allude to The Manchester Baby, the world’s first stored programmed electronic digital computer which was successfully run at the University of Manchester on June 21, 1948.
“As a born and bred Mancunian, this commission is truly special and will always be highly memorable for me. From the moment we set out to design a motor car to celebrate the city of Manchester, we wanted to create something that would celebrate the city’s history and the place today. It has been great to work with the team at Home of Rolls-Royce to turn our vision into a reality,” commented Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Manchester Brand Director Jon Crossley.
Photos from Rolls-Royce
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