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Rolls-Royce’s bespoke program is proving popular among wealthy buyers.

BMW’s shared parts with luxury arm Rolls-Royce have led to a share recall as well for the Ghost.

Chilean and Argentinian shoppers will soon be able to buy Rolls-Royces.

Rarely are new cars viewed as smart financial developments, but some say Rolls-Royce is different.

Rolls-Royce expects to break its 1978 record of 3,357 sales this year.

Rolls-Royce has announced a new Year of the Dragon Collection for the Chinese market.

Taking exclusive to the next level, Rolls-Royce has unveiled a one-off Masterpiece London 2011 Drophead Coupe.

Rolls-Royce has discovered its high-end buyers aren’t quite ready for the limited range provided by electric vehicles.

Luxury car sales are on the move – but the big news these days is in emerging markets, like Malaysia, where Rolls-Royce has opened its newest showroom.

Rolls-Royce has announced new terms for its Provenance pre-owned vehicle program.

While much of the world is still doing its best to survive and recover from the major economic woes started in 2008, Rolls-Royce is predicting a major sales boom this quarter.

Rolls-Royce has unveiled a new version of its Ghost that offers even more room to spread out in its luxurious rear seat area.

A nearly 10,000 square foot Rolls-Royce flagship showroom has been opened in Abu Dhabi.

Rolls-Royce shows that opulence and efficiency can work together with its experimental EV testbed, the 102EX.

China continues to expand its role as the largest auto market in the world, and now Rolls-Royce is turning to the Asian market to help hit its growth targets in 2011.

Showing just has far the most modern Jaguar designs have come, Rolls-Royce has just hired a former designer from the Jaguar team to pen its own designs.

Renault says that it will retool several of its plants to better focus on building vehicles for emerging global markets.

While you may be hearing of financial collapse on the news, luxury automaker Rolls-Royce actually the best year in its history for 2010.

The world was expecting a smaller, cheaper Ghost derivative to be the next new model out of Rolls-Royce, but instead we got a longer, more expensive model.

Rolls-Royce is a brand known worldwide for its incredibly luxurious and opulent offerings – for this year’s Paris Motor Show, expect nothing less from the luxury automaker.

Rolls-Royce, the uber luxury arm of BMW, aims to expand its lineup with the addition of a derivative of its new Ghost model.

Although unemployment continues to loom around 10 percent in the U.S., British luxury automaker Rolls Royce says it is completely sold out across its lineup.

Demonstrating the ever growing important of the Chinese auto market, Rolls Royce has just opened their latest showroom in Ningbo, East China.

Rolls-Royce builds one “for the rest of us.” It’s a highly-polished machine, but does it make us feel more ordinary than extraordinary?

Rolls-Royce might cater to a very small, specific clientele, but that’s not stopping the brand from offering a new application in Apple’s hugely popular App Store that allows potential buyers – and window shoppers – to configure the automaker’s all-new Ghost “entry-level” luxury sedan.

Rolls-Royce’s Ghost sedan has only been on the market since December, but the BMW-owned luxury brand is already considering future variant’s of the “entry-level” sedan. The Rolls-Royce Ghost first appeared in production form at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show.

Rolls-Royce has announced that Torsten Mueller will take over as its CEO when current chief Tom Purves retires. Mueller brings with him more than 20 years of experience within the BMW Group, having most recently led the automaker’s global product management.

Rolls-Royce says that of the 150 examples of its new entry-level Ghost model sold during its first month, nearly 85 percent were delivered to customers who were new to the BMW-owned British luxury brand.

BMW will give the go-ahead to a project that will see a super-luxury version of the MINI Cooper created by Rolls-Royce at the company’s Goodwood factory, a new report finds. Word of the MINI-Rolls tie-up first surfaced in June.

Rolls-Royce is better known for luxury motoring than green technology, but the British automaker is reportedly readying a hybrid version of its all-new Ghost sedan. Rolls-Royce will lean heavily on parent BMW for the Ghost’s hybrid drivetrain.

Although the electrification of the automobile is inevitable, building a long-range electric car that the average person can afford is a challenge that probably won’t be met for several years. But building an electric version of a car that already costs $350,000 might not be so hard.

Rolls-Royce says that its upcoming Ghost “entry-level” sedan was designed to be built as a sedan, a coupe and a convertible and that the luxury automaker plans to offer a full range of vehicles based on the platform. Much like the larger Phantom, the Ghost will spawn a full “family” of luxury rides – albeit [...]

Many top industry experts have predicted a global market recovery by year’s end, with Rolls-Royce fully buying into that outlook. The British luxury marque announced earlier on Wednesday that it will be increasing the workforce at its Goodwood plant in anticipation of the production of the all-new Rolls-Royce Ghost.

Though the production version of the upcoming, unnamed “baby” Rolls-Royce hasn’t been shown yet, rumors are already emanating from Crewe that the “small” sedan will eventually be offered in “low-price” coupe and convertible variants in the style of its larger Phantom brother.

Despite a rather tumultuous 2008, Rolls-Royce managed to notch its fifth straight year of sales growth. In fact, worldwide sales were up an impressive 20 percent, totaling 1,212 units. Rolls-Royce is looking to keep that momentum rolling into 2009 and has announced some minor changes for its Phantom and Phantom Extended Wheelbase models.

The current global economic slowdown is proving that even the world’s top automotive brands aren’t immune to recessions, but the slowing economy is impacting more than just the sales charts. A new study reveals that the economic meltdown is greatly impacted the resale values of some of the world’s most exclusive luxury automobiles.

BMW-owned ultra-luxury automaker Rolls-Royce says that its 2008 sales increased 20 percent over the previous year, marking the fifth consecutive year where sales have climbed. Despite economic hardships across the globe, Rolls-Royce managed to sell 1,212 cars in 2008, mostly in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates.

BMW’s controversial iDrive interface will apparently be part of the picture for the 7-Series-based Rolls-Royce RR4, set to be unveiled this spring at the Geneva Motor Show. BMW recently released an upgraded – and simplified – iDrive system on a handful of 2009 models and it’s expected that the RR4 will get a similar system.

‘Rolls-Royce’ and ‘environmentally friendly’ very rarely show up in the same sentence, but the luxury marque is eyeing some very green tech for its Phantom sedan. If Rolls-Royce CEO Tom Purves has his way, electric Phantoms could be trolling the world’s motorways in just a few years.

The Italian automotive design house that has, most recently, penned the Ferrari California, unveiled a custom-bodied car over the weekend that it has built for a wealthy collector. Based on the chassis and mechanicals of the Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe, the car is dubbed the Hyperion.

Trademarks and patents always come in handy when attempting to determine what a company might have up its sleeve next. A recent check of trademark activity reveals the possible name for Audi’s drop-top R8 and high-performance TT, plus BMW’s next supercar, a forthcoming Rolls-Royce model, and more.

BMW has announced that Tom Purves will become the new CEO of Rolls-Royce, effective July 1st. Purves, 59, will be taking over the position from Ian Robertson, who in turn will be taking over Stefan Krausewill’s position as head of BMW’s sales and marketing.

Rolls-Royce just took the wraps off of its all-new Phantom Coupe last week at the Geneva Motor Show, but the British automaker has already sold out of the new model for this year. Roll-Royce CEO Ian Robertson revealed at the show that 200 Phantom Coupes have already been spoken for, representing the entire planned production [...]

Rolls-Royce announced early this year that it will expand its Goodwood headquarters and manufacturing facility, and now comes word that the luxury marque plans to increase sales by 10% in 2008.

Luxury car buyers should expect to see the new 7-Series from BMW at dealerships in April 2009, which is when production of the new sedan is expected to begin. The 7-Series will be riding on an all new chassis that will underpin, not two, but three different, large sedans, including the much-rumored “small” Rolls-Royce, Leftlane [...]