BENTLEY ARNAGE (1998-TO DATE)宾利arnage(1998年至今)
Imagine yourself behind the wheel of a Bentley Arnage, feet lost somewhere in the carpeting, the big V8 engine up ahead sounding like distant rolling thunder.想象自己后面的车轮是宾利arnage,失去双脚的某处地毯、大型V8发动机强强滚去吃,像遥远. This isn?t a car, this is an occasion, a force of nature beyond all but the super wealthy.这肖国?笔一辆车,这是一个机会,但都超出了大自然的力量超级富豪. With used Arnages now starting to crop up, is this experience beyond the bounds of reality or can the Bentley really make some sort of sense?与现在使用的arnages开始出现时这是不受现实经验的宾利还是可以做出某种真正意义? Attempting to justify a purchase like this on any grounds other than the emotional is ridiculous, so sit back and enjoy the ride.试图证明这样一个收购以外的任何理由,是荒谬的情感,这么坐享其成的旅程.
HISTORY历史
On 26th April 1998 the Arnage was unveiled to the public at the Sarthe Circuit in France.在1998年4月26日向公众展示了arnage在法国sarthe电路. Bentley Motors Ltd. couldn't have chosen a more appropriate location.宾利汽车有限公司无法选择较适当的地点. This was the racecourse which had seen Bentleys finishing first in the famous "24 Hours of Le Mans" no less than five times during their glorious past.这是马先整理所见过bentleys著名的"勒芒24小时"期间不下5次辉煌. The renaissance of Bentley as an independent marque had started with the Bentley Mulsanne ?复兴宾利劳斯莱斯已开始作为一个独立的宾利mulsanne? a name taken from the Le Mans race circuit.名字取自勒芒赛事电路. The Bentley Arnage took its name from the challenging bend at the famous track.它的名字来自宾利arnage代为有挑战性弯在著名的轨道.
The car initially appalled old-school Bentley purists by ditching the traditional 6750cc V8 engine and instead opting for a 4.4-litre turbocharged V8 engine from BMW.车内起初震惊老校宾利类似传统的开沟6750ccV8发动机,转而选择了4.4-升涡轮增压V8发动机来自宝马. Yes, the company that delivered the near-implosion of the Rover Group was powering not only the Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph, but the Bentley Arnage too.不错,该公司交付的近爆孚集团的动力,不仅劳斯莱斯银seraph,但宾利arnage太. Truth be told, the BMW engine fitted to the Bentley was an excellent unit, delivering huge amounts of torque and power.说穿了宝马发动机装配的宾利是一位好股运送巨额扭矩和力量. It just didn?t rest easily with Bentley aficionados.它仅仅雾化?笔休息轻松宾利爱好者.
This was rectified in September 1999, when the Volkswagen Group, Bentley?s parent company, backtracked and offered the monster Rolls-Royce 6.8-litre V8 in a new version of the Arnage.这是纠正1999年9月,当大众汽车集团宾利?收盘母公司走回头路,给怪物劳斯莱斯6.8公升V8的一个新版本的arnage. The BMW-powered car was designated the Green Label, whilst the ?proper?宝马的动力车被划绿帽子,而?正当? Rolls-Royce engined model was titled the Red Label.劳斯莱斯引擎型号名为红色标签. When you?re charging over £140,000 for your product, you just know it has to wear the right label.当你?你再充电超过140,000英镑的产品,你们只知道它戴上帽子权. Model year 2000 cars were fitted with more powerful brakes and the Green Label model gained the 18-inch wheels sported by the more powerful Red Label variant.2000年示范车装有刹车和更强大的绿色标签模式赢得18英寸车轮绑着红色标签的更强大的变种. Shortly afterwards the Green Label was quietly dropped and in 2002 the Series II Arnage was introduced, first with the thundering Arnage T and then the revised Red Label.紧接着绿帽子于是不了了之arnage二、2002系列介绍随着隆隆arnage第一笔红色帽子,然后订正.
WHAT YOU GET 什么才叫 
The Arnage model received a few detail changes when the Green/Red Label models were announced.arnage模式的改变,当接到几个细节绿/红标型号公布. Some of the handling tweaks worked into the Red Label have been included in diluted form on the Green Label model, which also gets new-style wheels and clear indicator lenses.有的经办机构的亏损帽子tweaks工作已列入稀释对绿帽子模式这也得到新型镜片轮子和明确的指标. Inside both cars, a careful repackaging has liberated an extra two inches of rear legroom and an inch more rear headroom.两车车厢、仔细包装解放额外两英寸,一寸多legroom后方留守通行. There?s more space for feet too, courtesy of reshaped seat backs and a lowered floor.?收盘英尺以上的空间过于礼貌的整合和降低座位靠背楼. The comprehensive equipment levels remain much as before though radar parking sensors and a discreetly packaged satellite navigation system are now standard.综合装备水平虽然仍比前停车雷达感应器和卫星导航系统正慎重包装标准.
Perhaps more important than any of this, however, is the Arnage?s undisputed status as the only true sporting Bentley of the modern era.或许更重要的任何影响,但这种是arnage?收盘争地位才是真正的现代体育宾利时代. The old Turbo R and Brooklands models pretended to be of course, but in truth were little more than re-badged Rolls-Royces.旧的住宅及涡轮brooklands型号佯称是当然但真理多被重新badged劳斯莱斯劳斯莱斯. This car is different.这车是不同的. Very different.很不同. True, it shares much with its stablemate, the V12 BMW-engined Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph ?没错,这股更以其stablemate,宝马v12引擎的劳斯莱斯银seraph? not least stylist Grahams Hull?s smooth, yet stately new lines.尤其船体设计师grahams?收盘平稳,但典雅的新线路. A few subtle styling tweaks ?几个微妙造型tweaks? and one not so subtle one (the deletion of the Rolls Royce?s huge ?Greek temple? front grille) ?一、不要做一个微妙(删除劳斯莱斯?收盘巨大?希腊圣殿?前门锁)? make all the difference however.然而令所有的差异. Somehow, the Bentley feels a much smaller car; perhaps because of the way the bonnet drops away in front of you, uncluttered by the Spirit of Ecstasy emblems.或多或少的感觉小得多宾利轿车;或许因为这样的头盖滴走在前面你不偏不倚的精神忘我徽章. It?s an impression that should continue on the road, where the car seems to shrink around you.?收盘觉得应该继续走,车内似乎缩水约你. Grappling with the steering in one of the old models could seem like trying to direct a Channel ferry in a choppy sea.打拼督导之一的,可以像旧型号试图直接渠道渡船在汹涌的大海. The steering precision of the latest Arnage, in contrast, is a revelation, allowing you to place the car just where you want it.最新arnage督导精度,相反,是一个启示,让你把车究竟要. W.O.w.o. Bentley would have approved.宾利会批准.
Inside the cabin, as we?ve suggested, there?s everything you?d expect ?机舱内,我们?虚拟建议?收盘一切你?四指望? as well as a few things you wouldn?t.以及有些事你wouldn?汤匙 Fear not, beautiful wood veneer and walnut abound and glorious anachronisms like the dashboard-mounted ignition switch and the ?organ stop?不要怕,美丽而光荣盛产核桃、木材单板过时仪表像装与点火开关?机关停止? air vents still remain.空气通风口依旧. Sitting less comfortably in all this opulence is the BMW-sourced digital air conditioning system which looks out of place in such a car as this.那么这一切丰饶坐在舒适的宝马源空调系统的数字显得出这种车在此. Never mind.不要紧. Behind the wheel, you still sink your shoes ankle-deep into something which seems more like an entire sheep than a mere carpet.后面的车轮你还是你的鞋子脚踝下沉深成似乎更像一个整只羊比地毯. All around you, there?s craftsmanship that would send the Antiques Roadshow Team into sheer ecstasy.你身旁有?收盘工匠,将派队作客古董摇头丸成一派. Anything that couldn?t be veneered has been chromed; switches, door handles, ashtrays, air vents; only the obscenely fat column stalk that now controls the wipers (the switch used to be endearingly on the dash) is a reminder that this is now a car of the 20th Century.凡是记不起来?笔会一直单板贴铬;交换机、门柄、烟灰盅、空气通风口;只发了可耻的地步,现在控制了秸秆栏刮水器(用开关就可以endearingly冲刺)发布,这是现在的20世纪的汽车.
As ever in a Bentley, you sit high up, with a commanding view of the proletariat who remain mightily impressed by that enormous front grille, even if it doesn?t have a Spirit of Ecstasy statue astride it.在宾利如昔,你坐在高放由于无产阶级同指挥者仍然勤勤恳恳的印象,巨大铁栅门前,即使它没有?笔都忘我精神交汇塑像. After a few miles, you won?t care that this car still has the drag co-efficient of a garden shed.几英里之后,你赢了?笔的照顾,这车还有阻力系数相应提高了花园棚. All that matters is that behind that endless bonnet, you?ll have paid handsomely for this kind of superiority complex, so you might as well enjoy it.总之是落后无尽头盖,你呢?当地付出一笔可观这种优越感,所以还不如享受.
WHAT YOU PAY 您付出
You?d never expect a Bentley to be inexpensive and the Arnage doesn?t disappoint.你?丁一想不到会很便宜的宾利arnage不惜?笔失望. The early Arnage models with the 4.4-litre V8 are appearing in comparatively steady numbers, and prices for these start at around £50,000 depending on specification, mileage and condition.早期arnage模范440公升V8的号码都出现在相对平稳,这些价格从50,000英镑左右视规格、里程和状况. A low mileage 1999 Arnage 4.4 retails for around £53,000-£56,000, which whilst hardly representing loose change still represents a considerable saving on new.1999年4月4日零售arnage低里程约5.3万英镑-5.6万英镑,其中较松散而难以改变仍占相当的节水新. Used prices for the mighty Red Label model are still in the region of £62,000 for a 1999 model, and £82,000 for a pristine early 2002 car.用价格威猛红标示范区内仍在为62,000英镑1999模式英镑82,000元2002年初原始车. Insurance?保险? If you have to ask you probably couldn?t afford it, but to the rest of us ?如果你要问你大概记不起来?笔负担,但其余的人呢? Group 20.集团20.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR 寻找什么
Think of the Arnage as a fusion of the best Volkswagen and BMW can offer with a traditional British flavour and you?d be quite near the mark.arnage觉得作为一个融合的最好能提供与大众和宝马传统的英国风味,你呢?四是相当靠近大关. Therefore it should come as no surprise that the Bentley has proved mechanically very reliable.因此它应是意料中的宾利已经证明机械很可靠. It pays dividends to make sure that your prospective purchase has all of the fittings and fixtures intact and the trim is in perfect condition, as these sorts of small cosmetic faults are often enough to put off prospective purchasers and knock values severely.它使你自付分红一直有意购买的装置和设备完好状况和修剪是十全十美,由于这类故障往往不够小门面暂缓准买家敲价值观严重. Also check the condition of the rear tyres.同时检查轮胎状况后方. The Arnage?s sporty handling characteristics and power/weight mean that enthusiastic driving can easily have a pair of £400 rear tyres waving the white flag in very short order.arnage的?潇洒的特点和处理权/重量意味着热烈驾驶容易练就一双400英镑后方轮胎挥动着白旗在很短的秩序. Otherwise, always look for main or specialist dealer servicing and buy with confidence.否则,总是找经销商维修、购买主体或专科满怀信心.
REPLACEMENT PARTS 替换零件
(approx based on a 1998 Arnage 4.4) Bentley spares prices certainly aren?t cheap, although they are only slightly more than a number of far more prosaic manufacturers.(大约1998arnage基于4.4)宾利备件价格肯定西哈莫尼?笔便宜,虽然他们只略多于平淡得多一些厂家. The famed durability of Bentleys should also offset the cost of parts.著名的耐久性bentleys还应抵销部分费用. A new radiator for an Arnage is in the region of £450, whilst a starter motor retails at around £315.一项新的散热器arnage则约为450英镑,而一名起动电机零售315英镑左右. A new alternator will be £395 and if a headlamp takes a parking knock, a new unit will be around £400.新发电机将于395英镑,如果需停车磕了前照灯,新单元将400英镑左右.
ON THE ROAD 在路上
The Arnage is the first of the new generation of sporting Bentleys.arnage是全国第一的新一代体育bentleys. Yes it may weigh as much as some people?s houses, but all models boast massive reserves of power and a surprisingly sporty chassis and suspension set up.也许是某些人衡量高达?收盘房子,但所有型号夸耀庞大的储备电力、底盘及悬浮出奇潇洒成立. Indeed when the Arnage is worked hard, it doesn?t so much shrink around the driver as remind him of a BMW M5 with a gentleman?s club makeover.确实是当arnage亚力它没有?这么多笔左右缩水提醒他作为一名司机在M5宝马与风度?收盘俱乐部变天. Sure, the Daimler Super V8 does the same job for conspicuously less, but that?s missing the point.当然,戴姆勒超级V8的是否为同一职位明显减少,但为何?失踪点收盘. It?s not a Bentley.?收盘不是宾利.
Whichever Arnage you choose, you?ll be purchasing an astonishingly impressive car.arnage你选择哪一个,你呢?购买轿车被当地异常可观. Even in Green Label form, it feels very powerful, with twin turbochargers urging this huge car to sixty in just 6.2s on the way to an artificially limited maximum speed of 150mph.甚至在绿色的帽子形式,因此感觉很强大,双涡轮增压促使这个庞大车仅用60人为地聚焦于有限的最高速度150mph. For the Red Label, the respective figures are 5.9s and 155mph.红色的帽子,而数字分别是155mph5.9s. Both models have great mid-range pulling power too ?两种模式有很大的中程拉动力吗? and crucially, superb levels of refinement.最重要的是,细化高超水平. Most of the time, you?ll be content to glide from county to county, much as the standard five-speed automatic gearbox slides imperceptibly from ratio to ratio.大部分时间,你呢?滑翔是从内容到当地县县达标准五速度自动变速箱的比例从幻灯片潜移默化的比例. You can hear the engine all right, but it sounds magnificent; like a distant artillery bombardment.你能听到引擎大碍,但听起来壮观;就像一个遥远的炮轰. And talking of loud noises now muffled, changes to the suspension, allied to a much more rigid body also improved the ride of the Green/Red Label models over the earlier Arnage 4.4.而现在谈张声三缄其口,改变停机盟军以更完善的硬体,也坐了绿/红标型号较先前arnage4.4. Where the old model crashed through potholes, the newer cars waft over them.冲破旧的模式下坑洞,较轿车吹拂过. Run your Bentley Arnage Red Label for 12,000 miles and you can kiss the environmental conscience goodbye.宾利arnage为你办红标12000英里,你可以亲吻的环保良知再见. As well as costing you approximately £4,000 in fuel, you?ll also pump nearly nine tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.以及4000英镑的燃油费用约你,你?当地也有近9吨二氧化碳泵入大气. Just think what global warming?s going to do to the snow conditions in Gstaad?试想什么全球变暖?收盘要做的雪沙条件?
OVERALL 总体
The Bentley Arnage is the finest product ever to come out of the Crewe.宾利arnage的产品是有史以来最优秀的crewe出来. Bang up to date where it needs to be and reassuringly anachronistic in other areas, it?s mightily impressive.砰到目前为止,它必须是不合时宜放心,在其他方面呢?浩浩荡荡的印象. A few details may jar, and many won?t like the idea of a BMW engine powering a British motoring icon.几个细节罐子,赢得不少?笔喜欢英国的宝马汽车发动机动力图标. For these the Red Label model will appease their jingoism, but whichever Arnage is chosen, it?s a great used purchase.这些红色标签模式将其黩安抚,但两者arnage选择,它?收盘伟大用来购买. Just thinking about the saving you?ve made will put a huge smile on your face and piloting the Arnage through a series of sweeping bends will keep it there.刚刚思考挽救你?味发表会将一个巨大的微笑,你的脸和驾驶arnage通过一系列大刀阔斧的弯将不断出现. Do your sums first and establish whether you can afford to run it properly and the smile won?t fade.你先确定你的款项能够办得不好,笑容?笔黯然失色. If you think it?s touch and go, buy an older Bentley Mulsanne instead.如果你觉得呢?收盘触及走,而是买了旧宾利mulsanne. Just don?t ever accept an offer to drive an Arnage.刚刚鲍思?笔不断接受要约驾驶arnage. It may have a Seraph?s body but you?d sell your soul to own one.seraph有可能吗?但是你的身体?四卖你拥有一个灵魂.
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