Posted on March 25th, 2008
Bentley engines are some of the biggest, most powerful old-school units on the market, and that’s not about to change. This, despite earlier reports that Crewe was considering utilizing diesel engines or even the powerplant from the Bugatti Veyron, which now appear off the table… in the short run at least.
Although Bugatti and Bentley […]
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Posted on March 23rd, 2008
There’s badass, there’s relentlessly badass, and then there’s this. This is what happens when you dream up an idea that combines a vintage Bentley S3’s coachwork and chassis with a 300-horsepower BMW 4.4L V8, a ZF 5-speed auto, a custom dual exhaust, and a deluxe interior with all the modern amenities. Tweak the look to […]
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Posted on March 14th, 2008
2007 was good to the folks in Crewe, as Bentley Motors had its best year ever. (What, no VH1 special?) For the first time, the automaker surpassed the 10,000 mark in terms of vehicles sold — a tenfold increase over where it stood just five years ago. Both Arnage and Continental family sales were up […]
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Posted on February 29th, 2008
This may come as a bit of a surprise to anyone who’s been following the agonizing bit-by-bit release of a number of concept cars in advance of the Geneva Motor Show, but one Italian design studio has chosen to forgo the teasing and release all the details of its show car all at once. In […]
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Posted on October 18th, 2007
The Arnage is the last of the old school Bentleys, the final model designed before the British brand was scooped up by Volkswagen a decade ago. We reported the other day that the team from Crewe wanted the Arnage to be back on top of the Bentley lineup in terms of performance. To achieve that […]
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Posted on October 18th, 2007
We’re all about synergies between sister companies when the result could be a Bentley Arnage powered by the Bugatti Veyron’s 1,000+ horsepower quad-turbo W16 engine. That’s the rumor coming out of Crewe, and we couldn’t be happier to hear it. AutoCar is reporting that Bentley head honcho Franz-Josef Paefgen wants the Arnage to outgun the […]
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