Vehicle Description
West Coast Classics are proud to present an absolutely stunning and
exceptional example of this 2002 Bentley Arnage T 6.75L Twin
Turbocharged V8 Sedan with only 19K original miles and a superb
hand built Crewe Bentley with an original window sticker of over
$228K but with this particular car being fully loaded with factory
options resulting in a much higher final window sticker price!This
particular Arnage T was the ultimate performance Bentley saloon of
its time with 060 mph in 5.5 seconds and a top speed of 170 mph and
this particular model is fully factory customized with a turned
aluminum dashboard including the rear compartment picnic tables,
Black quilted leather seats with embroidered inserts and dark burr
walnut with chrome finished instruments, as a delicate reminiscence
of the heyday of the British Racing Green Bentley's. The hides are
Black with diamond pleated inserts with matching door panels and
carpeting and the entire interior is in exemplary condition
throughout. The car has a factory sunroof and it's original two
Bentley umbrellas and it's original factory phone in the center
console along with a CD changer and DVD controls.The car's original
factory 'Tungsten Gray' color paint in in exceptional condition
throughout with virtually no noticeable imperfections. Original
factory options also include: 6.8L V-8 Engine 4-spd auto w/OD
Transmission Rear-wheel drive type ABS and driveline Traction
control Front air conditioning, dual zone automatic Rear air
conditioning, with separate controls Driver and front passenger
heated-cushion, heated-seatback heated front seats AM/FM stereo,
seek-scan Radio Keyfob (all doors) remote keyless entry Heated
mirrors Leather seat trim Driver and passenger lumbar support
DVD/Navigation system CD Changer Parking assistThis particular
pristine Arnage T is extraordinarily handsome in its original
factory 'Tungsten Gray' color with a beautiful 'Black' premium
leather interior with diamond quilted inserts. This is a well
documented car since new, always primarily dealer serviced since
new at the renown 'British Motor Cars Distributors', The Bentley,
Lamborghini amp; Pagani dealership of San Francisco, CA and at 'Los
Gatos Luxury Cars' the Bentley dealership of Los Gatos, CA. The car
has had only owners since new and has obviously always been garaged
with no signs of any accidents or damage history and a clean CARFAX
report. It was obviously owned by only very careful and meticulous
drivers since new - never abused!Launched at the 2002 North
American International Auto Show in Detroit, the Arnage T featured
a twin-turbocharged engine, tuned to produce 459 hp and 645
foot-pounds of torque, good for 060 mph in 5.5 seconds and a top
speed of 170 mph. It was the most powerful road-going Bentley ever
produced at the time. The Arnage is named after a famous racing
corner at Le Mans, the circuit of legendary Bentley fame, thanks to
5 victories in the famous 24-hour race, including a string of four
straight. Never mind that the last of these victories occurred in
1930; the mystique endures! The T stands for twin-turbocharged - a
pair of Garrett T3 blowers replacing the bigger T4 singleton
previously employed. The new force-feeding arrangement, plus a
nearly total overhaul of the aluminum V-8 engine, conspire to make
this big sedan the fastest four-door car Bentley had ever made.
Thanks to the self-imposed 155-mph top-speed limiters on most
high-end Euro sedans, it was also the fastest four-door sedan in
the world (168 mph), the first Bentley designed entirely on a
computer, and the first Bentley engine built essentially with VW's
toolbox. Rated at 500 horsepower and 646 pound-feet of torque, the
pushrod Bentley V-8 makes a lot of highly respected DOHC four-valve
engines look a little tame. Bentley has been turbocharging its
6.8-liter pushrod V-8 engines since 1982, but this is a thoroughly
revamped 6.8, and it packs a thoroughly modern big-league punch.It
turns out that the Bentley Arnage (built between the years
1998-2009 before being replaced by the new Bentley Mulsanne) brings
you two particular things so characteristic of England. First, it's
exclusive and second, stubborn British craftsmen with incredible
pride build the Arnage by hand in the legendary Crewe plant, and
this gives the car something approaching a soul and it's twin
turbos in this later 2007 model help deliver 500 horsepower at
4,100 rpm, but the crucial ingredient is torque, a staggering 646
pound-feet at just 1,800 rpm. Perhaps it seems unseemly to speak in
terms of crude measurements of performance like acceleration to 60
mph, yet we'll tell you the Arnage completes the task in 5.6
seconds and will whistle all the way to 168 mph, extraordinary
performance for a vehicle of this size and weight.The uniquely
designed ultimate incarnation of the Arnage was the named the
Arnage T and referred to by enthusiasts as the 'Arnage Black
Label', built by Bentley to be the ultimate sporting sedan and
quite simply fastest production sedan in the world. It was built
between the years 2002-2009, with only 2,100 cars built in total.
It is noteworthy that in 2007 only 211 cars were built with only
130 being LHD models.You will surely look long and hard to find a
finer example of this Crewe hand built 2002 Bentley Arnage T with a
low 19K original miles which was always dealer maintained and
serviced since new! For those who are unfamiliar, Rolls Royce and
Bentley no longer exist as they had for over one hundred years -
this is one of the last in the original line of cars hand built in
the legendary Rolls Royce/Bentley factory in Crewe, England with a
quality and craftsmanship that far surpasses that of today's mass
produced models with many BMW parts - this is a rare opportunity to
own a piece of automobile history, from a time when Rolls Royce and
Bentley were truly building the world's finest motor cars.