Bentley Arnage

Price Paid:  $225000.00 from Ferrari of Los Gatos

Year / Model Reviewed:
2002 , , Arnage Red Label

Summary:
I originally bought a red label that matched the red one in the brochure. There is nothing else like it. I recently traded that in on the 2001 Le Mans edition. My wife then had to have one too so we now have 2 Arnages. We also have 1 Azure. The power in these cars is more than amazing. You feel more like you are being pulled along with some new propulsion system than an ordinary car engine. You can tell that the car is massive and it should not be able to move like it does. I toasted a Lexus LS 430 on the freeway today on the way to work (Yes I work but I don''t need to). You have to drive one to understand.

Strengths:
Power, luxurious wood and leather, flawless mirror like paint finish, rarity.

Weaknesses:
All 3 of them had the check engine light come on when they were new. The quirk tends to work itself out after a thousand miles or so.

Similar Products Used:
BMW 750 il, Jaguar VDP SC, Jaguar XJR

Price Paid:  $0.00 from estate sale

Year / Model Reviewed:
2002 Azure

Summary:
Although I am not the owner of this car it belongs to a very good friend, and business partner I have had many opportunities to drive the car. It has made my mind up for future automobile decisions. It is absolutely the finest motorcar I have ever set foot in bar none. I will be purchasing sometime in the future.

Strengths:
mind blowing power and truly exceptional fit and finish. Stature, rides like a dream. Is like nothing I have ever experienced before.

Weaknesses:
As mentioned, I do not own this auto, however the times I have driven it it perfermed flawlessly. I cannot justify any weaknesses of the car, nor can the owner. Perfection in wood, metal, and class. I want my own.

Similar Products Used:
None come close. Nothing.

Price Paid:  $212000.00

Year / Model Reviewed:
2001 Arnage

Summary:
well it starts from here.i think everybody has to have a piece of fortune
ad have a Bently.or else you can't touch this!

Strengths:
A awesome 6.75 liter v8.the best luxury you can get with high perforance.

Weaknesses:
here ain't no weaknesses.If your gonna buy a Bently yo believe
for now so forth you will know that this is the best luxury vehicle

Similar Products Used:
If Rolls and a Bently were runnin tgether that Rolls has to have 5
seconds to catch up with that Bently.

Price Paid:  $0.00

Year / Model Reviewed:
2001 Bentley Arnage Red Label

Summary:
A very solid automobile with several surprising quirks. As compared to my 1996 Bentlay Brooklands it is more powerful, quieter and rides like silk; however, it is harder to enter or exit, lacks certai basic features. eg the sun visors cannot be turned to the side, the use of plastic vs metal is increasd, there are rattles, plastic push buttons instead of metal switches, coarser carpeting, etc. In other words, though the car is more expensive, it somehow seems cheaper. I am surprised, disappointed and frustrated.

Strengths:
power, quiet

Weaknesses:
uncomfortable entry and exit

Similar Products Used:
1996 Bentley Brooklands

Year / Model Reviewed:
2000 a green coupe, a green 4 door, and a silver or green label arnage

Summary:
I was formerly employed at a car dealership which had all of the above three listed Bentleys. I rode in the green label arnage and drove the 98 4 door. They both feel EXTREMELY HEAVY. They produced unheard of amounts of torque for a luxury car, but their weight offset most of the thrust. I can only imagine what that much power would feel like in a normal weighted luxury sedan (probably similar to a gs400 except with more power down low than it even has near the peak). The car is for filthy rich people and that is it. I think rich guys get this so they can pick up girls at the club since they can't get them because of looks or personality. It is the kind of car I would not mind when I retire though I guess.

Strengths:
The looks you get while driving it around. The acceleration (for a 3 ton car).

Weaknesses:
The gas mileage, the weight, some of the looks you get while driving it around, having to worry about microscopic particles touching the paint and taking off 32059482304 dollars of the value and lets not forget you have to slow down to 10 mph to take corners.

Similar Products Used:
ummmmm Infiniti q45.... the q45 is more feasible, but driving the Bentley just makes you feel spoiled.