Archive for the ‘Phantom’ Category

Bentley waved goodbye to its Arnage sedan last year with a Final Series, and now the Volkswagen Group ultra-luxury brand may be ready to reveal its plans for an Arnage replacement--at the annual Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.

The Arnage replacement, reports a Dutch Web site, will be shown in Monterey this August, as the classic-car world convenes for the richest automotive weekend on the planet. They offer no details on what the new vehicle may look like, or what powertrains it may offer.

Other sources speculate the new version might be pitched at a higher price point than today's car--which would make it a direct challenger to the 2009...

It’s 19 feet long, which means it would not fit in the master bedroom in my admittedly 1990s-era McMansion. It’s also $438,330, which means it’s not that much less expensive than said home, not to mention easily the most expensive test car I’ve ever tested or driven.

So when it came time to fetch the 2009 Rolls-Royce Phantom from the parking space at LAX and strike out to uncover more about its driving dynamics, comfort and quality, I took the safe route—first, by merely sitting in its cabin and soaking up the irregularly placed controls to get familiar quickly, and then by carefully proceeding east on major freeways until I cleared the...

If only -- Morgan Motor Company makes 100 years old in 2009, and to celebrate, the exclusive British automaker has cranked out a top-notch ride for its top-drawer clientele. We're reveling in the power and beauty of the Aero SuperSports, but we're wishing had the trust fund for the £25,000 (nearly $37,000) downpayment. [Automotto]

Time to make the doughnuts -- We love working at TCC, but we can't help being a little jealous of Toyota prez Akio Toyoda, who gets to toodle around the Nurburgring in a Lexus LF-A. It makes our stockroom office chair races look way more pathetic than they really are.  [Autoblog]

An apple a day -- UAW workers at ...