Needing to snap a few extra photos I shot up an extremely narrow mountain road with only a few minutes to spare before dinner. The pavement was as bumpy as any I'd previously dared charging down at near highway speeds, with dips and undulations that could have been unsettling in most other cars. The Arnage T's combination of sheer mass and perfection in suspension tuning made the stint hardly climactic, biting into the crumbling road surface from corner to the other, and eating up the intervals in between with the ferocity of a famished cheetah.
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| The twin-turbocharged 6.75-L V8 engine stirs up 450-hp and an even more overwhelming 646 lb-ft of torque. (Photo: Bentley) |
If you haven't skimmed down to the bottom of the review and glanced at the T's specs yet, you'll be impressed at just what makes it so fast. The twin-turbocharged 6.75-L V8 stirs up 450-hp and an even more overwhelming 646 lb-ft of torque, more than adequate even for the Bentley's stately girth. Even off the line it gathers up speed at an alarming rate, but once momentum kicks in the rate of acceleration is relentless.
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| Considering the size of car, the Arnage's stopping power is amazing thanks to massive 348 mm diameter front and 345 mm rear ventilated discs. (Photo: Trevor Hofmann, Canadian Auto Press) |
To be more specific 50 to 80 km/h takes only 1.9 seconds (30 to 50 miles per hour arrives in 2.0 seconds), while 80 to 120 km/h needs just an additional 3.8 seconds. Altogether attaining 160 km/h from standstill takes a mere 13.4 seconds (0 to 100 mph comes in 13.5), with its maximum speed limited to 270 km/h (168 mph).
More than the thrust accessible at the rightmost pedal, I appreciated the T's controlled stopping power. Driving normal speeds around town the Bentley braked easily, with little pressure needed to initiate and keeping level with the road all the way to a full stop - the latter partly due to its automatic ride height control with auto load compensation. That horizontal profile remained even under aggressive braking, while fade wasn't even noticeable after repeated applications while approaching curves. In panic situations the massive 348 mm diameter front and 345 mm rear ventilated discs bring the T down from 36.47 meters in only 2.63 seconds, again an amazing feat considering the size of car and the full load of luxury appointments inside.
