The Arnage might just have the most beautifully detailed interior too. I've spent time inside both the Maybach and Rolls-Royce, and if I was being driven around by a chauffeur I might opt for the former.
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| Designed with the driver in mind, the Arnage might just have the most beautifully detailed interior available. (Photo: Bentley Motors) |
But Bentleys, for the most part, are not designed to be chauffer driven limousines. They are driver's cars first and foremost. That's why I appreciated the lovely wood and metalwork that surround the instrument panel and center console, much more enticing to me than the Maybach's cockpit. It's not that the Maybach is less opulent, but its upper dash, instrument shroud, air vents and steering wheel are pulled almost directly out of the lower class Mercedes-Benz S Class, and comprised completely of plastic. Sure it's of the highest quality, but it's still plastic.
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| Other than the pop-up dash-mounted navigation system and the odd button on the console, there is basically no plastic found in the Arnage interior. (Photo: Bentley Motors) |
The Arnage, however, is handmade with no plastic anywhere in sight, except for its pop-up dash-mounted navigation system and a few buttons on the center console. All other buttons and knobs are solid metal, giving the car a sense of substance that nothing else that I've tested can match.
The exquisitely detailed wood trim that accents the side window ledges is solid, a thick piece of burr walnut or bird's eye maple to match the rest of the interior motif, depending on preferences, butting up against the window and formed to integrate perfectly with the leather door panel. The door panel's leather, along with the leather covering the seats, console, and even the roof liner, is stitched together with what looks to be painstaking artisanship.
