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OWNERS NAME: Bob Caplan

YEAR: 2000

MAKE: Bentley

MODEL: Arnage 

SUB MODEL:  Red Label

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The Bentley Arnage is a full-size luxury car manufactured by Bentley Motors in Crewe, England, from 1998 to 2009. The Arnage and its Rolls-Royce-branded sibling, the Silver Seraph, were introduced in the spring of 1998. They were the first entirely new designs for the two marques since 1980.

In September 2008, Bentley announced that production of the model would end during 2009. A replacement model, the Bentley Mulsanne was launched in August 2009 at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance

This version of the car was launched as the Arnage Red Label in October 1999. At the same time Bentley made several minor modifications to the BMW-engined cars, and designated them as the Arnage Green Label for the 2000 model year. Both cars received stiffer body-shells, and larger wheels and brakes. Both changes were necessitated by the larger size and weight of the older British engine.  Despite the larger brakes, braking performance worsened. The braking performance of the 1999 Green Label from 113–0 km/h was 172 feet (52 m) while the later Arnage T’s performance was 182 feet (55 m) from the same speed.  Other revisions included:

• Standard Alpine pop up navigation system.
• Park distance control to the front and rear.
• Increased rear seat leg room (by modifying the design of the front seatbacks).
• Power folding exterior mirrors.
• Modifications to the steering rack to reduce steering effort at low speeds.

The glass headlight lens covers (1998–99) were revised to plastic (2000 on).

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