Rolls-Royce Sheds More Light on the RR4

Published: 3/27/2009 6:27:00 AM

Rolls-Royce’s baby Rolls, unveiled in the form of the 200EX concept car in Geneva, embarks on a world tour to secure potential customers, and along with it, new details of the production version RR4 have been released.

Rolls-Royce says the new RR4 will have a new 6.6-liter turbocharged V12 unique to Rolls-Royce, producing in excess of 500bhp, and mated to an 8-speed automatic ZF gearbox.

Previous reports suggest that a V12 engine will be sourced from parent company BMW, and a chassis based on the BMW 7 Series.

Speaking in New York, the first leg of the 200EX’s world tour, Rolls CEO Tom Purves said:” We have consciously engineered this car to be more involving and dynamic for those owners around the world that will wish to drive it themselves.”