{"id":451390,"date":"2023-04-16T12:23:54","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T12:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=451390"},"modified":"2024-10-30T14:28:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T14:28:21","slug":"the-ghost-of-manchester-past-present-and-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-ghost-of-manchester-past-present-and-future\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Rolls-Royce Manchester Ghost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201cI 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\u2019s 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.\u201d <\/em>Boris Weletzky, Regional Director of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, United Kingdom, Europe, CIS<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-451384\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-2.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-2-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-2-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-2-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-2-1400x788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A unique and extensively Bespoke one-of-one Ghost has been designed for Manchester, to celebrate the city\u2019s historical link with the marque. The northern metropolis has long been an important place for Rolls-Royce: on 4<sup>th<\/sup> May 1904, Charles Rolls and Henry Royce first met in the Midland Hotel, in central Manchester, and it was from this meeting that the marque\u2019s two founding fathers agreed together to create \u2018the best motor car in the world\u2019. This is the first time, however, that the city of Manchester has been chosen as the inspiration for a Rolls-Royce commission.<\/p>\n<p>The combined talent of the Bespoke Collective at the Home of Rolls-Royce saw designers, craftspeople, and artisans collaborate over a period of two years to create this motor car. Designer Ieuan Hatherall explains:<br \/>\n<em>\u201cManchester has always been part of Rolls-Royce\u2019s history. I wanted to create a highly contemporary yet elegant iteration of Ghost, honoring the significance of the city for the marque and celebrating the accomplishments of the people of Manchester whilst also incorporating the melange of Manchester\u2019s modern and traditional architecture.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-451386\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-4.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-4-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-4-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-4-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-4-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-4-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-4-1400x788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Manchester Bee, one of the best-known symbols of the city and an emblem for the city for more than 150 years, has been a source of great inspiration for this motor car. The Manchester Bee symbolises Mancunians\u2019 strong work ethic and the city is a hive of activity. On the exterior of this unique motor car, a Bespoke motif, inspired by the Manchester Bee and presented in Turchese, is displayed on the C pillar. Inside, the Manchester Bee theme continues, with this iconic symbol embroidered on the front and rear seat inserts. The traditional Silver exterior of the Manchester Ghost is punctuated with a coachline in Turchese, creating a contemporary accent to the car. The pinstripe wheel centre caps, also presented in Turchese, echo the design, while the brake calipers in the same hue elegantly complete the exterior.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-451389\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-7.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-7-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-7-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-7-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-7-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-7-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-7-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-7-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-7-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the Manchester Ghost, a truly special Illuminated Fascia, with 10,000 laser etched dots, depicts an ethereal view of Manchester from above. The largest etched dot on the Illuminated Fascia represents the location of the Midland Hotel, the very place where the marque\u2019s two founding fathers first met at the start of the twentieth century. The Illuminated Fascia references the title of the poem \u2018This is the Place\u2019 by Tony Walsh, a sentimental tribute to the city of Manchester.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-451387\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-5.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-5-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-5-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-5-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-5-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-5-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-5-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-5-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Landmark locations in Manchester are embroidered in a tone-on-tone thread to the rear seat center and demonstrate the unrivaled capabilities of the Bespoke department. In 2004, two professors at the University of Manchester first isolated Graphene, an incredibly lightweight, strong, and flexible material. The discovery of this material, with its unique properties, helped to reaffirm Manchester as a city renowned for revolutionary inventions, academic expertise, and research. This Bespoke commission celebrates this pioneering spirit, with the fabled Rolls-Royce headliner depicting a Graphene lattice-inspired pattern.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-451388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-6.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-6-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-6-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-6-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-6-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-6-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-6-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-6-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-6-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-6-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The illuminated treadplates also celebrate Manchester\u2019s reputation as a pioneer in the field of technology. Inside the cabin doors, the abbreviated name for the city, \u2018MCR\u2019 is inscribed in Binary. This is a tribute to \u2018The Manchester Baby\u2019, the world\u2019s first stored programmed electronic digital computer which was successfully run at the University of Manchester on 21<sup>st<\/sup> June 1948 \u2013 a landmark moment in the history of computing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-451385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-3.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-3-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-3-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-3-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-3-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-3-1400x788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAs 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\u2019s 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.\u201d <\/em>Jon Crossley, Brand Director, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Manchester<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-451389\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-7.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-7-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-7-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-7-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-7-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-7-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-7-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-7-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-of-Manchester-7-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI 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\u2019s history, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":451383,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6828,9348,17105,1813],"tags":[18324,6827,13061,17106,1826,6492,22017,6905],"class_list":["post-451390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2020s-cars","category-guides","category-model-guides-production-cars","category-rolls-royce","tag-2020s-all","tag-2020s-cars","tag-car-profiles","tag-model-guides-production-cars","tag-rolls-royce","tag-rolls-royce-model-in-depth","tag-rolls-royce-model-guides-production-cars","tag-recent-era-rolls-in-depth"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2023 Rolls-Royce Manchester Ghost<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-ghost-of-manchester-past-present-and-future\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2023 Rolls-Royce Manchester Ghost\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cI 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. 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