The Wraith is the fastest-accelerating Rolls-Royce of its launch era and a deeply bespoke car. Here is how to navigate variants, specification, and condition.
The Rolls-Royce Wraith, built from 2013 to 2022, is the marque’s grand-touring coupe: a 6.6-litre twin-turbocharged V12 making 623 hp at 5,600 rpm and 590 lb-ft of torque available from 1,500 to 5,500 rpm, driving the rear wheels through an 8-speed ZF automatic.[1] It reaches 60 mph in 4.4 seconds — the fastest-accelerating Rolls-Royce produced at its launch.[1] Buying one well is mostly about specification and history.
Standard car or special edition
The range extended well beyond the standard coupe. The Black Badge is the more powerful, darker-themed car, with torque raised to 870 N·m.[1] Beyond that sit the limited Landspeed and Kryptos editions.[1] Special editions carry premiums, so confirm exactly what you are looking at — a genuine limited car should come with documentation proving it.
Specification is the value
Every Wraith left Goodwood as a heavily bespoke commission, and features like the satellite-aided transmission and the Starlight headliner define the ownership experience.[1] Two cars with identical mileage can sit far apart in value purely on commissioned options and color combinations. Buy the specification you actually want; retrofitting is not realistic at this level.
Condition and history
- Service history: insist on complete records, ideally through official channels. A twin-turbo V12 luxury coupe is not a car to maintain on a budget.
- Pre-purchase inspection: commission one from a specialist who knows the model. Deferred maintenance on a car of this complexity compounds quickly.
- Provenance: low ownership counts and documented storage tell you how the car has lived.
The reassuring news: this platform is shared with the Ghost sedan, a proven foundation, and top speed is limited to 155 mph — these cars were engineered for effortless, repeatable pace rather than stress.[1]
Study the numbers on the full Rolls-Royce Wraith database page, then view Wraith listings currently for sale to compare specifications side by side.
Sources
- Rolls-Royce Motor Cars PressClub, Wraith press materials, press.rolls-roycemotorcars.com. Tier 1
- Car and Driver, Rolls-Royce Wraith model overview, reviews, and specifications, caranddriver.com/rolls-royce/wraith.