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The Bentley Arnage is a real head turner. It takes
between 14 and 22 hides to trim the interior of
this car. The first Arnage came equipped with a
BMW-sourced 4.4-liter, twin-turbocharged V8 that
propelled the two-and-a-half ton beast to speed
with authority while providing a luxurious and secure
environment. Called the Arnage Green Label, this
model is dropped for the 2001 model year.
That leaves the Red Label, which got
an all-new 6.75-liter V8 last year, to uphold the
Arnage name. This brute of a powerplant makes 400
horsepower and 619 foot-pounds of torque. Just to
clarify, that's 250 foot-pounds more than the land-based
rocket ship known as the BMW M5. It even bests GM's
8.1-liter diesel truck engine by 165 foot-pounds
of torque! This engine is hooked to a four-speed
automatic with adaptive shift control to "learn"
the operator's driving characteristics.
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