The Bentley Arnage is a large luxury car built in Crewe, England from 1998 to 2009. The Arnage was the first entirely new design for the English coach builder since 1980. Powered by a 6.75 Liter V8 derived from a BMW unit and prepared with a twin turbo setup by Cosworth, the mill was good for as much as 500 HP and could accelerate the Arnage from 0 to 60 MPH in 5.2 seconds and reach a top speed of 180 MPH.
The English coach builder Bentley is teasing us again! For the sixth time the exclusive luxury automaker is giving us a taste of the all new Grand Bentley that will be unveiled at the Pebble Beach, Concours d’Elegance in Monterey this August. This time they are letting us in on what kind of tones will be making up the newest member of the Bentley family. Enjoy!
After being teased automotive enthusiasts from around the globe over and over again, the nest generation Bentley Arnage has been caught testing. The vehicle’s official debut will be made at the world’s greatest car show, the 2009 Concours D’Elegance in Pebble Beach, California, on August 16th.
The new Arnage was internally known as the Project Kimberley and will be almost a foot longer than the current model. Aside from the change in length, the new Arnage will feature a redesigned front bumper, new rear fascia as well as a new set of shiny tailpipes.
Under the hood the English coach builder will use a gas burning 6.75 Liter V8 engine that will deliver 550 HP and up to 750 lb-ft of torque. So even if the new Arnage tips the scales at over 5000 pounds, this new Bentley will have enough brute force under the bonnet to keep up with much less luxurious sports cars in a straight line.
It’s true that the British coach builderkeeps teasing us with the "New Bentley", but the Arnage’s successor stood no chance against the spy photographers who caught it undisguised out of the company’s headquarters in Crewe, England.
Even if the car has no name yet, you can easily see its design is much more modern than the car it replaces. With this new model, Bentley has decided to deliver a big set of heads aches to Rolls Royce. The new Arnage will come with an imposing front end, made up of a pair of oversized chrome mesh with some rather large LED lit headlamps.
Before the vehicle’s official debut, the classic English coach builder Bentley keeps teasing us with future Grand Bentley. The Arnage successor will be unveiled sometime this summer.
Details about the next generation Bentley Arnage have been circulating around the Internet for quite a while now. Well, it is official that the luxury limousine will make its debut at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance this August and will go into production by he second half of 2010.
Codenamed Project Kimberly, the next Arnage will be built on Audi’s modular platform, the same structure that supports everything from the A4 to the A8. Under the hood there will be more than enough power coming from an 8 cylinder engine mated to a ZF 8 speed automatic transmission; there were also rumors floating around about a possible diesel V12.
There was even talk that the W16 from the Bugatti Veyron could find its way into the production Arnage. If that does happen, chances are that it will be under the hood of the top of the line, Arnage T. Despite the overwhelming weight of the big Bentley, it should be able to go from 0 to 60 MPH in under 5 seconds.
