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How much? £178,200
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Engine: 6761cc, twin-turbocharged V8, 500bhp @ 4200rpm, 738lb ft @ 3200rpm
Transmission: 6-speed automatic, rear-wheel drive
Performance: 0-60mph in 5.2seconds, 179mph, 14.5mpg, 465g/km CO2
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How big (length/width/height in mm)? 5400/1932/1515
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Bentley Arnage T (2006) CAR review

By Nick Trott

First Drives

30 August 2006 09:10

Another new Bentley?

Yep, Bentley is on a roll. After Continental GT in 2003, the Flying Spur in 2005 and the new Azure and Continental GTC in '06, now we have a refreshed 2007-model year Arnage. It's not an all-new car, but there are some significant changes and a promise that this is a 'true driver's car'.

A true driver's car?! It looks like about as driver-focused as a Chesterfield sofa…

Don’t let the looks deceive you. Under the virtually unchanged skin lie some serious mechanical changes. Firstly, the ponderous and frankly awful 4-speed automatic gearbox has been tossed and replaced with a much more responsive six-speed ZF ‘box. This new transmission not only offers two more gears, but also three modes (Sport, Drive and Semi-Automatic) and a far more intuitive manual shift option. Still no steering wheel mounted shift paddles though…

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RE: Bentley Arnage T (2006) CAR review

There is only one way to sum up a Bentley and that is no car can be compared to it. If anything can be compared with it then its a Challenger 2 Tank and that's only if the tank has got some sort of veneer or leather luxury inside, which i doubt it does. Its a car that can be parked in a council estate with peace of mind that youthful thugs will give it the respect it commands whereas if it was a Rolls-Royce i think a hooligan paint job wouldn't go a miss with the youths, who think the owner is showing off. Sadly... i personally feel i cannot say the same about the Continental GT or Flying Spur, which i cannot regard as proper true Bentley's, because they look too much like a VW inspired job with that W engine rather than a slab faced Bentely with a proper 6 3/4 litre V8 engine designed to take on concrete walls and come out the other end still wanting a fight.

27 August 2010 12:52

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