The Bentley Arnage is a 4 door saloon (sedan) style car with a front mounted engine powering the rear wheels.
The 8 cylinder, double overhead camshaft turbocharged engine has 4 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 4.4 litres. It musters power and torque figures of 350 bhp (355 PS/261 kW) at 5500 rpm and 570 Nm (420 lbft/58.1 kgm) at 2500-4200 rpm respectively.
The engine powers the wheels via a 5 speed automatic transmission.
Its claimed weight at the kerb is 2302 kg.
Maximum claimed speed is 240 km/h, which equates to 149 mph.
Full specs
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 3116 mm | 122.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | |||
| Track/tread (rear) | |||
| Length | 5390 mm | 212.2 inches | |
| Width | 1930 mm | 76 inches | |
| Height | 1515 mm | 59.6 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.73 | ||
| Kerb weight | 2302 kg | 5075 lb | |
| Weight distribution | 50% front | ||
| fuel tank capacity | 94 litres | 20.7 [24.8] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | turbocharged petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | BMW | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Capacity | 4.4 litre 4398 cc (268.382 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 92 × 82.7 mm
3.62 × 3.26 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.11 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 32 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 355 PS (350 bhp) (261 kW) at 5500 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 570 Nm (420 ft·lb) (58.1 kgm) at 2500-4200 rpm |
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| Specific output | 59.3 kW/litre 80.7 ps/litre 79.6 bhp/litre 1.3 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
129.6 Nm/litre
1.57 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | aluminium alloy block & head | ||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | |||
| Fuel system | |||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1628.7 kPa (236.2 psi) | ||
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| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 549.75 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo | ||
| Compressor | 2 low-inertia turbochargers | ||
| Intercooler | Y | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 6.5 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | 15.5 s | ||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 240 km/h (149 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 154.16 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.15 PS/kg 113.38 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.11 kW/kg 152.04 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.15 bhp/kg 0.07 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 8.82 kg/kW 14.73 lb/bhp |
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| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | power assisted rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | 3.500 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.DW.CS. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.DW.CS. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | Avon 255/55 R 17 | ||
| Tyres rear | Avon 255/55 R 17 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
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| Gearbox | 5 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | |||
| Final drive ratio | |||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 111232 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 42.0 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1998 Bentley Arnage added 2003-07-03. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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