THE REPLACEMENT for Bentley’s stately Arnage has been a long time coming, but the British luxury carmaker has today announced that its replacement is just around the corner.

Bentley says the new range-topper will be, ” an all-new Bentley, positioned at the very pinnacle of the market”.

That’s a pretty clear indication that instead of playing second [...]

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The hedonistic pleasures of ultra-luxurious automobiles would ordinarily seem at odds with any sort of concern for the environment, but Bentley is aiming to change all that with its new focus on high-efficiency, alternative fuel engines.

The British automaker announced yesterday that its entire stable of high-end coupes, sedans and limousines will all be capable of [...]

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Now is most definitely not a great time to be a luxury carmaker. The global economic crisis has taken its toll everywhere, and the moneyed-up elite, who usually had no qualms about forking over mega-dollars for the latest in automobile-excess, are instead hiding their pennies under a mattress.

But according to Bentley, the end of our [...]

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Aston Martin isn’t the only British prestige automaker that’s set to slow down production. Bentley has announced that it will be scaling back output of its Crewe factory over the coming months, with “continued low demand”  cited as the primary cause behind the slowdown.

The Continental line will be paused for seven weeks, while the Arnage [...]

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Hold onto your monocles chaps: Volkswagen Group CEO Martin Winterkorn has strongly hinted that an oil-burning luxo-barge from Bentley may be on the cards.

Winterkorn dropped the bombshell during an interview with German mag Auto Motor und Sport this week when he said:
“With Bentley we will react to the changing market conditions. I could well imagine [...]

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