A Driver’s Car - - By TONY LEWIN | AUTOMOTIVE NEWS - - Source: Autoweek

Bentley will explore lightweight construction techniques for the replacement of its flagship Arnage ultra-luxury sedan.

The future new model will compete with the Rolls-Royce Phantom and Mercedes-Benz Maybach at the very top of the luxury market, so it will be very sporting, despite its size and status.

“Bentley is the sporting alternative at that higher price too,” said Dirk van Braeckel, head of design at Bentley, told Automotive News Europe. Bentley is part of the Volkswagen group. “This is what will really differentiate us from the other cars. Ours will be a real driver’s car.”

The car would be more aerodynamic, more muscular and make a stronger statement, van Braeckel said. “Being a driver-focused car, it doesn’t necessarily have to be a long limousine or be focused on the rear.”

Asked whether the new car would be capable of more than 300 kph, like the Continental GT and Flying Spur, van Braeckel said: “Being a worthy Bentley, it would have to.”

He added: “But it would also have to be a very personal, hand-built, commission-oriented type of car, like the Arnage is today. For the Arnage customer, his car is more of a castle than a house.”

Bentley’s brand values are still the same as in the past, but they had been strengthened by the success of the Continental GT and Flying Spur, he said. “We gauge what we do in terms of our bloodline cars, but we don’t do retro.”

This year, Bentley will launch two new cabriolets – the new Azure and the open version of the Continental.

A Driver’s Car - - By TONY LEWIN | AUTOMOTIVE NEWS - - Source: Autoweek

Bentley will explore lightweight construction techniques for the replacement of its flagship Arnage ultra-luxury sedan.

The future new model will compete with the Rolls-Royce Phantom and Mercedes-Benz Maybach at the very top of the luxury market, so it will be very sporting, despite its size and status.

“Bentley is the sporting alternative at that higher price too,” said Dirk van Braeckel, head of design at Bentley, told Automotive News Europe. Bentley is part of the Volkswagen group. “This is what will really differentiate us from the other cars. Ours will be a real driver’s car.”

The car would be more aerodynamic, more muscular and make a stronger statement, van Braeckel said. “Being a driver-focused car, it doesn’t necessarily have to be a long limousine or be focused on the rear.”

Asked whether the new car would be capable of more than 300 kph, like the Continental GT and Flying Spur, van Braeckel said: “Being a worthy Bentley, it would have to.”

He added: “But it would also have to be a very personal, hand-built, commission-oriented type of car, like the Arnage is today. For the Arnage customer, his car is more of a castle than a house.”

Bentley’s brand values are still the same as in the past, but they had been strengthened by the success of the Continental GT and Flying Spur, he said. “We gauge what we do in terms of our bloodline cars, but we don’t do retro.”

This year, Bentley will launch two new cabriolets – the new Azure and the open version of the Continental.

A Driver’s Car - - By TONY LEWIN | AUTOMOTIVE NEWS - - Source: Autoweek

Bentley will explore lightweight construction techniques for the replacement of its flagship Arnage ultra-luxury sedan.

The future new model will compete with the Rolls-Royce Phantom and Mercedes-Benz Maybach at the very top of the luxury market, so it will be very sporting, despite its size and status.

“Bentley is the sporting alternative at that higher price too,” said Dirk van Braeckel, head of design at Bentley, told Automotive News Europe. Bentley is part of the Volkswagen group. “This is what will really differentiate us from the other cars. Ours will be a real driver’s car.”

The car would be more aerodynamic, more muscular and make a stronger statement, van Braeckel said. “Being a driver-focused car, it doesn’t necessarily have to be a long limousine or be focused on the rear.”

Asked whether the new car would be capable of more than 300 kph, like the Continental GT and Flying Spur, van Braeckel said: “Being a worthy Bentley, it would have to.”

He added: “But it would also have to be a very personal, hand-built, commission-oriented type of car, like the Arnage is today. For the Arnage customer, his car is more of a castle than a house.”

Bentley’s brand values are still the same as in the past, but they had been strengthened by the success of the Continental GT and Flying Spur, he said. “We gauge what we do in terms of our bloodline cars, but we don’t do retro.”

This year, Bentley will launch two new cabriolets – the new Azure and the open version of the Continental.

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Bentley: Ερευνά τις τεχνικές ελαφριάς κατασκευής για τη νέα Arnage

Στη διερεύνηση των τεχνικών ελαφριάς κατασκευής προχωρά η Bentley, για την αντικατάσταση της ναυαρχίδας της γκάμας της, του υπερπολυτελούς sedan Arnage. To μελλοντικό μοντέλο θα ανταγωνιστεί τη Rolls-Royce Phantom και τη Mercedes-Benz Maybach στην κορυφαία κατηγορία, έχοντας πιο σπορτίφ χαρακτήρα, παρά το μέγεθος και κύρος της εταιρείας. Όπως ανέφερε ο υπεύθυνος σχεδιασμού της Bentley, Dirk van Braeckel, το νέο μοντέλο θα είναι πιο αεροδυναμικό και περισσότερο “μυώδες”, κάνοντας μια πιο εντυπωσιακή είσοδο στην κατηγορία των πολυτελών οχημάτων.

Ο χαρακτήρας του αυτοκινήτου θα είναι ακόμα πιο προσωπικός, καθώς η κατασκευή του θα γίνει χειροποίητα, όπως ακριβώς και στην παρούσα γενιά Arnage. Όπως η Continental GT και η Flying Spur, έτσι και η νέα Arnage θα χαρακτηρίζεται από τις υψηλές επιδόσεις και το “θηριώδη” κινητήρα.

Source: http://www.automotopress.gr/