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I do love the Arnage. It’s not Phantom, but it’s got classic style and performance. Respect.

I concur with everyone: Acura is not THAT luxury brand. BTW, Benz & Bimmer aren’t either.

Oh yeah, it is owned by Audi/Porsche/VW group whatever it will be called after Porsche acquisition comes through.

I’ll just die if my Bentley doesn’t get the W16

A Bentley with a Bugatti engine. A fantastic idea, but it won’t happen. I would love it if my Roller had that much power!!!!

outrageous

I would be interested to drive this

I think it’s smart, because it will spread out the costs of the R&D. These cars aren’t competing in the same segment (I don’t think) so it’d be a smart match.

If Bugatti’s not expanding its model line itself, then VW has to do things like this to, as Brendino says, spready out the R&D.

The Veyron really has no competitors. I suppose you could look at price points, but other cars with a $1 million plus price-tag aren’t really grand tourers.

Mercedes puts the most powerful engines it can muster in its luxo sedans, so why shouldn’t Bentley, and one-up all the competitors in the process?

This is crazy!
I mean that in a good way.

Brilliant idea. If a V-8 is good, a V-10 is great, and a V-12 is phenomenal, Why not put a W-16 in there? The more cylinders the better. And the quad turbos are a nice bonus too. Once you get to the Bentley price range, insurance and economy don’t matter anyway. I wish I could afford one. That would be such a fantastic car. Nothing like doubling the base model’s horsepower.

it would need to gain AWD and fat, fat rubber.

and why not put the continental GT’s W12TT in the engine bay first… dont you think thatd be a good start, and a more likely one?

they ought to create an entirely new car for the W16 – something that is as edgy and new as the phantom, with this crazy engine. The arnage is old, and the body wont do this engine justice.

A4 – I second that on the W12. Why is the 6.8L pushrod dinosaur still powering these cars? Heritage? Maybe, but come on, why not a modern powerplant like the smaller Bentleys have?

Whu needs trunk space?

W12 in the front, W16 in the back!

That would be the biggest pimp mobile ever

A4: Good call on the W12 twin turbo. That certainly makes more sense. But at the same time, doesn’t the W12 from the Continental GT make similar power to the V8 in the Arnage now? The V8 makes what, 500 hp and 738 lb ft tq or something like that? And the W12 makes 550 hp right? I’m not sure if that torque figure / W12 hp figure is correct, but that’s what I think it is. If they could get 600 hp out of the W12 that would make the most sense, but if it would retain 550 hp in the Arnage I can see why they’d just up the ante and go w/ the W16.

Oh I don’t know, do you think that maybe Bugatti is developing a four door? Using the Arnage as a mule?

Haha this is never gonna make it to production and even if it does it will probably be detuned to give out a maximum of 600bhp. Dont get your hopes up

at least the can afford 50 miles per tank

The W12 puts out 552hp in Continental GT form but it puts out 602hp in the Continental GT Speed. It has 553lb-ft of torque in the Speed, which is significantly less than the 738, but the extra 150hp more than makes up for it. Mercedes seemed to have the same philosophy when they got rid of their torquemonster supercharged 55 AMG models for the new 6.2. The W12TT would probably make the arnage even less expensive, but would make it look absolutely pointless next to the Flying Spur.

Besides the frame on the Arnage is ancient and would not support the torque of the Veyron engine. It’s a mule.

OK, that just sounds ridiculous

Who cares about **** like this?

HOrsepower wars are boring and ****ing childish. Would you be impressed if they put the Veyron V16 in a Golf GTi? What if I tied a SAM missile to a little red children’s wagon? How is this interesting? **** you

deanstertj, did you get banned again?

987 horsepower Bentley. The perfect car for my chauffeur to drive on track days. I can lap the lower classes in Elises and Porsches as I sip martinis in the back seat. “James. Another lap please. And this time, no early apexes!”

well actually deanster if you forgot they put the W12 engine in a golf GTI and most of us were pretty impressed… so blow it out your tight ass

It would be significantly detuned, everyone knows that. A mule for what though? And A4, yeah I see your point since it makes over 600 hp in the Speed, forgot about that edition for 08.

A4, right on you little sodomite – as soon as I hit “Submit Comment” I remembered that idiotic feed from a few months ago with the GTi and the W16.

In any case, believe it or not I didn’t get banned – I got a new computer (pieced it together myself, not bad for someone with limited tech skills) and forgot my old password/username/email combination. Whatever, too lazy to experiment so I made a new account. The funny thing is, the old DeanTJ account, once banned, works on my GF’s laptop! LOL! ****ing twats at LLN!

best idea so far goes to jackjimturkey. there aren’t enough twin-engine cars on the market… actually i can’t think of any… unless we’re counting hybrids.

i cant believe LLN bans people. what qualifies one to get banned? i feel like myself along with a number of others (ricardohead, piablo, impulsive, jackjim, etc) would have gotten banned just as soon as anyone. strange. LLN is a ****hole and i love it that way.

I want a car maker to make a 500km/h, V20 car. It doesn’t have to be road legal…

A V-20 would be aweful. They already have problems balancing a V-10. This would only amplify the balance problems. Not to mention the weight of the engine. Better to just stick to the proven good engine layouts like 90 degree V-8s and 60 degree V-12s.

**** the pious ****s, good to see that they can’t keep a good man down