New Engine and Model in the Works at Rolls-Royce

Though Rolls-Royce didn’t have any new vehicles to place on its stand at the Detroit Auto Show this year, company Chairman and Chief Executive Ian Robertson did have some exciting news.

Anderson confirmed that the company will be expanding its lineup with a new model series code-named “RR4,” and there will be a wholly new engine to power it.

(Click through the jump to read on about the goings on at RR.)

Though the Chairman wouldn’t give any specifics on the new powerplant, he did characterize it as being “a further substantial advance” on the Phantom engine, which is in Robertson’s words, “the most efficient car in the superluxury segment.”

Of the RR4, Robert said that the new car should be launching in 2010, mentioning that the engineering stage of development is “well underway.” He mentioned test-driving an early version of the RR4, saying that the car is an “outstanding product,” and more importantly, “an authentic Rolls-Royce.”

+ Edmunds Inside Line: 2008 Detroit Auto Show: Rolls-Royce Develops New Engine for RR4 Model Series

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