BENTLEY Arnage Blue Train Series 2005-2009 Photos, engines & full specs

The Arnage was the last Bentley designed before the Volkswagen takeover of the British brand. After a dispute with BMW regarding the engines, the new owner revised Bentley's flagship model for better performances.

The Arnage Blue Train was a 75 years anniversary of a bet. In 1930, Woolf Barnato, a three-times winner at the famous LeMans race in France, placed a GBP 200 bed that he could get faster from Calais to London with a Bentley bodied by H.J. Mulliner Sportsman Coupe fastback than someone who would use the train. After the bet was set, Barnato raced and won.

75 years later, the Arnage Blue train special series was launched into a limited, 30 units, model. The car featured "Blue Train" badges on the front wings. A specific plate with a limited number series was installed inside the car. The special series featured 19" seven-spoke light-alloy wheels, sunroof, chromed grille and mirror caps, and four exhaust pipes. The front and rear bumpers were redesigned for the special series.

The car was based on the Arnage R-Model with the 6.75 V8 engine, instead of the 4.4-liter V8 from BMW since the German engine was mated to a gearbox that couldn't handle too much torque. The old 6.75 unit offered 450 hp and 875 Nm (645 lb-ft) of torque and it was mated to a GM-supplied 4-speed automatic gearbox.