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The Bentley Arnage is a car produced by Bentley in the United Kingdom beginning in late 1998. Although having undergone various alterations, much of the design remained the same. This vast car is more than 5 m long, almost 2 m wide, and having a mass of over 2.5 metric tonnes.

The Arnage was originally launched with a 4398 cm³ BMW V8 engine, with twin turbochargers, developing some 350 bhp (260 kW). It followed the launch of its shorter-lived twin, the Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph. The basic Arnage was renamed the Arnage Green Label in 2000, its last model year.

It was joined in 1999 by the Arnage Red Label, which boasted torque of 835 N·m—the greatest amount for a four-door car at the time. The Red Label saw the return of the Rolls-Royce 6.75 L V8 engine, but mated to a Garrett AiResearch turbocharger. Customers associated the traditional engine with Bentleys, rather than the smaller BMW unit. Engineering for the insertion of this unit was done at Crewe, after Volkswagen, which had become Bentley's parent company, had threatened to do it in Germany when Bentley's UK engineers initially claimed the task was impossible. At the time, there were reports that Volkswagen wanted Bentley to be independent of BMW engineering.

A long-wheelbase version of the Red Label was launched at the Detroit Motor Show in 2001. The Red Label models were replaced in 2002.

In 2001, the Arnage RL, a long-wheelbase model, was launched, featuring twin Garrett T3 turbochargers and the 6.75 L engine, developing 400 bhp (298 kW).

In 2002, Bentley announced its "Series Two" Arnages. These featured some detail improvements, with the Red Label giving way to the Arnage R. This model was launched to contrast the Arnage T, which was developed to be more sporting. The Arnage R features two Garrett T3 turbochargers, as with the RL. A torque of 616 lbf·ft (835 N·m) is delivered to the Arnage R and Arnage RL. The Arnage R does 0–60 mph (97 km/h) in 5.9 s; the Arnage RL takes 6.0 s. Top speed is a claimed 155 mph (250 km/h).

The Arnage T, also from 2002, was claimed to be the most powerful roadgoing Bentley at its launch at the Detroit Motor Show. As with the Arnage R, there were twin turbochargers, but tuned to develop 450 bhp (340 kW) and 645 lbf ft (875 N·m). The Arnage T's 0–60 mph time is 5.5 s; a top speed of 168 mph (270 km/h) is claimed.

This model was joined in late 2003 by a brand new Bentley coupé called the Continental GT, but on an unrelated platform.

The Arnage range was facelifted in 2004, with a front end resembling that of the Continental GT.



 
General
Manufacturer:   Bentley
Model:   Arnage
Years in Production:   (1998-current)
Powertrain Layout:   Front Engine / Rear Wheel Drive
Body configuration:   4dr sedan
Price:   245848 – 420956 Euro
  $282922 – $484437 Dollars
Engine
Configuration:   6.8 L V8
Power:   400 / 450 / - / - (bhp)
Torque:   616 / 645 / - / - (ft lbs)
Transmission
Gear Type:   5spd auto
Performance
Top speed:   155 / 168 / - / - (mph)
  250 / 270 / - / - (km/h)
0 - 62 mph (100 km/h):   6.1 / 5.5 / - / - (seconds)
Fuel economy combined city/hwy:   16 / 13 / - / - (miles per gallon)

Bentley

Bentley Motors Limited is a British based manufacturer of luxury automobiles and Grand Tourers. Bentley Motors was founded in England on January 18, 1919 by Walter Owen Bentley.

A group of wealthy British automobile aficionados known as "the Bentley Boys" kept the car's reputation for high performance alive. At one point, on a bet, one of them raced a train from Cannes to Calais, then by ferry to Dover and finally London, traveling on public highways with normal traffic, and won; the special-bodied 6.5 liter car became known as the Blue Train Bentley. Thanks to the dedication of this group to serious racing, the company, located at Cricklewood, north London, was noted for its four consecutive victories at the 24 hours of Le Mans from 1927-1930. Their greatest competitor at the time, Bugatti, whose lightweight, elegant, but fragile creations contrasted with the Bentley's rugged reliability and durability, referred to them as "the world's fastest trucks".

The Great Depression destroyed demand for the company's expensive products, and it was finally sold off to Rolls-Royce in 1931.

Rolls Royce merged the Bentley line into its own, so that the Bentley marque became just a Rolls Royce without the distinctive grill and with a $300 lower price tag. In the 1980s, however, Bentley became a separate, high performance car line once again.

In 1998, Rolls-Royce and Bentley Motors was purchased from Vickers (its owner since 1980) by Volkswagen for £430 million, after bidding against BMW.

BMW and Volkswagen came to an agreement whereby Volkswagen would manufacture both Bentley and Rolls-Royce cars until the end of 2002, whereupon the right to build Rolls-Royce cars would be BMW's alone. Demand has been so great that the factory at Crewe, Cheshire, has been unable to satisfy demand despite producing 4,500 vehicles a year and there is a waiting list of over a year for new cars to be delivered.


 
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