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| Description |
| Average. Enormous luxury saloon offers peerless exclusivity, but can't match more modern mass-produced rivals on equipment, price or performance. |
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| Running Costs |
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| R |
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| T |
| Replacement |
| 2005 |
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| Road Test |
| The Arnage will be the last of the all-British Bentleys, future models sharing a fair percentage of VW group DNA beneath the skin. And as such it's a glorious anachronism - huge, fast and stuffed full of wood and leather. Despite all the undoubted hand-built exclusivity, the Arnage is not really up to the standards of the far cheaper alternative luxury saloons from BMW and Mercedes. Handling is secure but uninspired, ride quality can feel compromised on rougher road surfaces. The old-fashioned turbocharged 6.75 V8 gives massive performance but suffers from a similarly collosal thirst. Servicing costs and depreciation are also very high. A very expensively acquired taste. |
| Positive Points |
- Last car with true Bentley bloodline
- Effortless performance, peerless presence
- Very luxurious yet exciting to drive
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| Negative Points |
- Gets up the noses of BMW drivers
- Huge running costs, 15 mpg if you're lucky
- Very steep depreciation in early years
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