15 Facts About Bentley Arnage

Bentley Arnage is a full-size luxury car manufactured and marketed by Bentley Motors in Crewe, England, from 1998 to 2009.

Bentley Arnage was powered by a BMW M62 V8 engine, with Cosworth-engineered twin-turbo installation, and the Seraph employed a BMW M73 V12 engine.

In September 2008, Bentley Arnage announced that production of the model would end during 2009.

Bentley Arnage cited customer demand as driving the reversion to the old two valve per cylinder 6.

In reality, the outgoing BMW-powered Bentley Arnage was technically more modern, considerably more fuel efficient, and had 32 valves with double overhead camshafts, twin-turbochargers and Bosch engine management technology – as opposed to the 16-valve, single turbocharger and a pushrod engine with less advanced engine management.

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The Bentley Arnage was now powered by a modern twin-turbocharged unit with state-of-the-art electronic management system similar to the original Cosworth-BMW unit developed for the model in 1998.

In 2002, Bentley updated the Red Label as the series two Arnage R This model was launched to contrast the Arnage T, which was developed to be a more sporty variant.

Bentley Arnage State Limousine is an official state car developed by Bentley Arnage Motors Limited for Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee in 2002.

Bentley Arnage launched two limited Le Mans edition models to celebrate the occasion of Bentley Arnage's return after 71 years to racing at Le Mans.

The Bentley Arnage Le Mans was a specially enhanced edition of the Bentley Arnage Red label.

In September 2008, Bentley announced that Arnage production would cease in 2009, with a final run of 150 "Final Series" models.

The Bentley Arnage delivers power to the rear-wheels via the same ZF automatic transmission as used on the other Bentley Arnage models.

Replacement model, which was called the Bentley Arnage Mulsanne was launched in August 2009, at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, in Monterey, California.

Bentley Arnage was well received by the motoring press, with most critics admiring the unimpeachable image but criticising the price and running cost.

The design of the car is completely independent from Rolls-Royce cars, because of separate parent companies, Bentley Arnage being held by the Volkswagen Group, Rolls-Royce by BMW.