Description
H&H Classic Auction @ The Imperial War Museum, Duxford/ Cambridgeshire
9th October, 2024 13:00
2003 Bentley Arnage T
Full Main Dealer Service History and just 59, 000 miles
Estimate
£22, 000 - £26, 000
Registration No: MX03 WSW
Chassis No: SCBLF34F03CH09533
MOT: July 2025
Finished in the handsome combination of Tungsten Grey metallic with diamond-stitched Black leather upholstery
Very unusually able to boast a full Bentley main dealer service history from new
Recently serviced by the supplying dealer, Bentley Manchester, and benefiting from a 'health check'
Thoroughly revamped for 2002, the Bentley Arnage Series Two gained a stiffened bodyshell, revised suspension, new electronics and a thoroughly reworked version of the Crewe concern’s indomitable 6. 75-litre OHV V8. Force-fed by twin Garratt T3 turbochargers (in place of the previous single T4), the engine also boasted an improved cylinder head gasket design and Bosch Motronic management system. Developing some 450bhp and 875Nm when fitted to the sportiest ‘T’ model, it was allied to four-speed automatic transmission and reputedly enabled the luxury express to sprint from 0-60mph in 5. 5 seconds and onto 170mph (making it the fastest four-door saloon in the world at the time). The Series Two cars further benefited from more comfortable seats and remained an object lesson in luxury. Only current from 2002 – 2009, just 817 Arnage Ts were built in right-hand drive.
Finished in the visually imposing combination of Tungsten Grey Metallic with Black leather upholstery, ‘MX03 WSW’ must be one of very few Arnage Ts able to boast a full Bentley main dealer service history (especially at twenty-one years old). Warranted to have covered a modest 59, 000 miles from new, the super saloon features extra thick, diamond stitched hides adorned with Silver ‘Winged-B’ motifs, dark wood veneers and engine turned aluminium inserts to the dashboard and door cappings. Supplied new by Bentley Manchester, the four-seater returned to the same establishment for the most recent of its seventeen services just last month with the associated ‘health check’ being fault / recommendation free. Starting readily and running well during our recent visit, ‘MX03 WSW’ still turns heads wherever it goes. The rear brake discs carry the Bentley insignia and nice ‘handbuilt’ touches abound such as the cross-hatch patterning to the insides of the exterior door handles. Offered for sale with V5C Registration Document, book pack, paperwork and MOT certificate valid until July 2025.
