Modifying a Rolls-Royce is one of those ideas that sounds faintly wrong when you say it out loud. It’s like.. ordering a well-done steak at a Michelin-starred restaurant.
The Ghost, particularly in its Black Badge form, is already as close to perfection as it gets. It’s a complete car. Over-engineered. Calm to the point of arrogance. And yet, the car tuners from Novitec’s SPOFEC division have taken a look at the Ghost Series II and decided that calm doesn’t have to mean sleepy.
That’s why they’ve decided to work their magic on this car. And the result isn’t a shouty, chest-beating upgrade. It’s a careful sharpening Rolls Royce’s values.
Yes, there’s a brand new front end that replaces the factory fascia, but it’s done with restraint. Bigger air intakes, vertical LED markers, sharper lines, it all works together to make the car look more focused, without turning it into something desperate for attention.
Apparently this new front end will reduce front axle lift at speed, which might sound like marketing fluff until you remember how fast this thing can now go.
From the side, revised rocker panels lower the visual centre of gravity to make the Ghost look longer, cleaner, more planted. And in the back there’s also a subtle lip spoiler that does its job quietly, with the option to hide or show the exhaust outlets.
That means you can announce your intentions, or you can keep them to yourself. Rolls-Royce owners will surely understand why that matters.
The wheels are enormous – 22 inches – but they don’t look so big. That’s the clever part. The SP4 forged alloys use a twin-spoke design that somehow keeps the whole thing elegant.
Staggered widths, proper tyres, and enough finish options to induce mild paralysis mean owners can go as subtle or as loud as their conscience allows. Mercifully, the proportions are spot on with these wheels.
Lowering the car by 35 millimetres sounds trivial, but it isn’t. The stance changes completely. The Ghost now looks like it’s sitting on the road rather than hovering politely above it. And when it’s on the move, there’s even more control and more composure, yet the magic carpet is still very much intact.
And then we have even more mods under the hood. The massive 6.75-litre V12 is one of those engines that feels like it shouldn’t exist anymore and that makes it even more wonderful. SPOFEC’s N-TRONIC module lifts its power to 706 horsepower and torque to a frankly absurd 1,002 Nm.
Those numbers are silly and the way this car delivers them is definitely not. There’s no aggression here, just an immense, effortless shove that starts early and never really stops. You press the throttle, and the world rearranges itself accordingly.
4.3 seconds to 100 km/h from a standstill is extremely quick by any measure, but it’s almost irrelevant when the car is this big and relaxed about it. The top speed is still limited to 250 km/h, which feels less like a restriction and more like a polite refusal.
If you want more sound, there’s also a valved stainless-steel exhaust. When it’s closed, the Ghost remains library-quiet. Open it up and the V12 clears its lungs with a deeper, more textured note. It’s not loud, it’s just honest.
Inside, SPOFEC doesn’t pretend to do things better than Rolls-Royce. Instead, they offer customers a few more customization choices. Bespoke colors, leathers and patterns, all executed to factory standards, all unapologetically personal. It’s tailoring, not tuning.
The best bit is that you don’t need to buy the whole package. Every component is available individually, and the same programme applies to the standard Ghost Series II.
