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"Someone at Rolls-Royce&amp;#039;s engineering team was either having the time of their life, or hanging on with all their might at the world famous N\u00FCrburgring race track in Germany. Our spy photographers have captured images of the English luxury brand&amp;#039;s upcoming Ghost-based coupe, leaning heavily into corners and giving its suspension a grueling workout. Not that many Rolls-Royce owners are likely to take their pride and joy to a track day. But it&amp;#039;s good to see the Ghost coupe, scheduled to go on sale next year, as a 2014 model, has managed to successfully navigate the devilishly tricky `Ring.        2014 Rolls-Royce Ghost coupe    Power and Poundage   The Ghost coupe, which will likely be badged as a Corniche, shares the same powertrain as the standard sedan. This means that under the lengthy hood is a 563-bhp twin-turbocharged 6.6-liter V-12 engine, coupled to an 8-speed automatic transmission. Rolls-Royce might opt to squeeze a few extra horsepower from the engine, if only to keep pace with the competition. The Ghost is presently the lowest priced model in the Rolls-Royce lineup, yet considering it&amp;#039;s priced at approximately $250,000, there isn&amp;#039;t too much that qualifies as `base&amp;#039; about either the 4-door or upcoming coupe. In fact, the Ghost coupe/Corniche looks to be the most rakish Rolls to arrive since the arrival of the Camargue coupe back in the mid-1970s.        2014 Rolls-Royce Ghost coupe    Granted, the Camargue is ranked by many people as one of the homeliest Rolls-Royce cars ever built. Needless to say, the jury is still out on the Ghost coupe. But we&amp;#039;re hopeful the extensive body-masking camouflage fitted to this prototype \u2013 and other Rolls-Royce test cars recently spotted \u2013 is hiding a far more handsome and dignified shape. The strangely exaggerated spoiler on the rear trunk is almost certainly there only to fool curious onlookers. You can easily spot the swept-back roofline beneath the cammo, especially the tapering C-pillar, a steeply raked rear window (nearly half of which is hidden beneath the black and white tape), and extremely short decklid.        2014 Rolls-Royce Ghost coupe    Weighing in at nearly 5,500 lbs., the Ghost sedan is a massively heavy car. Rolls-Royce will likely want to trim some pounds from the coupe variant, to give it a slightly more sporting edge. Performance between the two should be nearly identical, however. The current Ghost accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in a bit less than 5.0 seconds. The lighter Ghost coupe should be able to trim a few tenths off that time \u2013 4.5 seconds sounds about right to us. We expect pricing to fall around $275,000 to $300,000 when the Ghost coupe arrives next year. Look for an official introduction next year, possibly during the 2013 Geneva Auto Show. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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