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The Ultimate BMW vs. AUDI match

Who cares who wins. I will never be able to afford either...

But who cares. You just have to love these cars because of their history and wealth. Lets hope Bentley get it really right instead of half right like they did with the Flying Spur range.

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don't think they'll give the arnage T Bugatti's W16,it'll ruin the Veyron's peak!

Finally some mules shots. VAG are so discerete with testing new cars in the public. We probably won't see much more of it until it#s time for unveiling. Cool that it will increase in size but I hope that it retains the sleekness of the current Arnage, don't want it to look like a big box like the Phantom.

Never say never, no one never knows ...!

The information in the article is a little incorrect though, the car is due next year according to a heavy Bentley executive.

The past year’s sales and profits have set record benchmarks at Bentley thanks to it success of its Continental GT and Flying Spur. A few kinks in the production process recently led to the recall 13,000 cars for a possible fuel-line leak, but that hasn’t slowed progress on the new 2010 Arnage, already spotted testing once in late April. The skunk-striped monolith in the photos is believed to be the LWB variant of that car, despite its awkward proportions.

Drawing much of its innards from a revamped and reconfigured Audi modular platform, the Arnage will be powered by a bespoke RWD drivetrain. The engine is as yet undetermined, but rumors of V10 and V12 powerplants are circulating. A seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox is almost a certainty, especially on the expected high-power Arnage T.
A diesel engine is possible for the new Bentley, but nothing seen so far has confirmed its existence. The spy shots reveal a car that is at least 18 inches longer than the standard Arnage, thanks to an extended B-pillar section and a longer rear passenger area. Other styling details remain the same.
Bentley needs the Arnage update to help it keep pace with its more up-to-date rivals like the Rolls-Royce Phantom and Maybach’s saloons.
LWB Bentley Arnage spy shots

2010 Bentley Arnage spy shots

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Bentley has "reached the solution" in its search for a new Arnage. Its long-lived and largest saloon, which currently sells 600 to 800 units a year, will be replaced with an all-new design due in about two years' time.

The new 2010 model won't just be a modified version of the Continental Flying Spur, official sources have confirmed. The Arnage and all future Bentleys will use a version of Audi's spaceframe chassis, Autocar has learnt from an Audi source in Germany.

Despite the radical engineering, which should remove around 150kg from the weight of the bodyshell alone, Bentley chairman Franz-Josef Paefgen emphasised that the new Arnage will continue to have the unique proportions of the current model, particularly the traditional high roof and seating position, that give the car its "soul".

Bentley has confirmed it is not close to launching either diesel or hybrid versions of its cars, because most recent research indicates that few buyers want it.

"We have the technology to do a diesel right now," said Paefgen, "but whether we do it really depends on how successful VW, Mercedes and others are at normalising diesel sales in the US.

"Bentley could never lead the field in that area. You could only ever respond to a strong demand."

The company's possible future requirements have been included in recent VW-Audi hybrid research, however, and it also has easy access to Audi's big-capacity V10 and V12 engines.

Despite global concern over high oil prices, it has recently built an Arnage prototype powered by the 987bhp Bugatti W16 engine.

Bugatti wants to find new uses for its legendary quad-turbo unit, which is hugely expensive to make and underutilised as power for the million-pound supercar alone.


Autocar - Bentley?s 2010 Arnage takes shape


M

If next Arnage, one of the most beautiful cars in the world, will look anything like that, the fy Bentley!

I agree, I'm done with Bentley too if they goof up the Arnage family of cars.

M

"Despite global concern over high oil prices, it has recently built an Arnage prototype powered by the 987bhp Bugatti W16 engine"

Oh really? If that is true I hope we'll see it in Paris.

Either way I want to see ZERO traces of Audi or VW in the car, it should be 100% bespoke. VAG has gone too far with component sharing. The entire Gallardo center console is straight out of the B7 A4 and the entire CGT dash board is from the Phaeton. Enough is enough. Like with Marcus, if Bentley mess this car up they will have lost me as a fan.