Bentley Arnage: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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Following the uplift in sales for all of Rolls-Royce, and resurgence of the Bentley marque, the then-owner, [[Vickers]], set about developing a new model to replace the derivatives of the [[Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit]]/[[Bentley Mulsanne (1980–1992)|Bentley Mulsanne]] which it had been selling since 1980. In a complete switch from tradition, these new cars would have engines provided by a third-party vendor, and bodies built at the [[Crewe]] factory.

A number of potential engines were examined, including the [[GM Premium V engine]], [[Toyota UZ engine#1UZ-FE|Lexus 1UZ-FE]], and a [[Mercedes-Benz]] [[Mercedes-Benz M119 engine#5.0|5.0 V8 engine]], before, in late 1994, Vickers selected a pair of [[BMW]] power plants. It was decided that the Rolls-Royce model, to be called the [[Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph|Silver Seraph]], would use BMW's [[naturally aspirated engine|naturally aspirated]] [[BMW M73#M73TUB54|M73 V12 engine]] while the more-sporty Bentley model would use a special [[twin-turbocharged]] {{convert|354|PS|kW hp|0|abbr=on}} and {{convert|420|lbft|Nm|0|abbr=on}} of torque version of the company's 4.4-litre [[BMW M62|M62 V8 engine]] developed by Vickers subsidiary [[Cosworth|Cosworth Engineering]].

This Arnage was renamed the '''Arnage Green Label''' for the 2000 model year. In addition, from 2000 to 2001, a special edition "Birkin" was produced.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rrsilverspirit.com/models/2000Arnage44LBirkin.htm |title=Bentley Arnage 4.4L Birkin |publisher=Rrsilverspirit.com |accessdate=2016-06-14}}</ref>