If you wish to roll in a Rolls-Royce even after the very finish, an Italian firm known as Biemme Particular Vehicles has turned the Ghost into one of many world’s most luxurious hearses. It retains the sedan’s distinctive rear-hinged doorways and opulent cabin and provides an enormous coffin compartment.
Whereas it is comparatively troublesome to make an elegant-looking hearse, the Ghost-based mannequin — which is oddly generally known as the Ghoster — contains a fairly modern design. It is nearly equivalent to the regular-production Ghost from the tip of the entrance bumper to the higher a part of the windshield. Past that, it options an upward-sloping roof panel painted in the identical color because the hood, enormous aspect home windows with a vibrant body, and a critically lengthy wheelbase. Biemme explains that it expanded the Ghost’s physique utilizing a tubular construction that is lined with metal panels.
The passenger compartment appears to be like prefer it’s commonplace Ghost fare, so what you get largely relies on the packing containers you tick whenever you configure the automotive. Wooden inside trim, leather-based upholstery, and different opulences comes commonplace, and Biemme notes {that a} 1,300-watt sound system is obtainable … since you want that in a hearse? Possibly to play one thing by Ray Parker Jr.? The listing of choices additionally features a built-in drink cooler, the Starlight headliner, web connectivity, and LED inside lighting, whereas the rear doorways will be ordered with curtains.
Biemme separated the passenger and coffin compartments with a shatter-proof divider. It then added a power-operated platform and LED lighting, whereas the identical sort of wooden trim and leather-based upholstery used within the passenger compartment provides a of entirety to the design.
There aren’t any hearse-specific mechanical modifications. Energy comes from a 6.7-liter V12 that is twin-turbocharged to 563 horsepower and 627 pound-feet of torque, so the Ghoster ought to supply first rate acceleration despite what we think about is a not-inconsequential quantity of weight added by the hearse conversion.
Biemme hasn’t introduced pricing for the Ghoster. For context, the usual Rolls-Royce Ghost begins at roughly $350,000.