Not much about the 2007 Bentley Arnage T aristo-sedan makes sense. Not the fuel efficiency-just 11 mpg in the city. Not the curb weight, which checks in at a titanic 5715 pounds even before you've filled the trunk with polo mallets and cucumber sandwiches. And certainly not the price: $271,696, including $2090 worth of rear-seat picnic tables and $240 worth of umbrellas but not a three-bedroom Tudor in which to park them.
The Arnage T doesn't care. It's big, indulgent, and expensive on purpose. Let other car buyers fret over trifling concerns like miles per gallon, monthly payments, and high cholesterol. The Bentley is the four-wheeled equivalent of a dark, leathery steakhouse where at lunchtime you put away a couple martinis, a New York strip, a double-wide slice of cheesecake, and a massive Montecristo before heading back to your office to take a nap. Anachronistic? Hey, the Arnage T is proud of it. What's more, it's one of the last of a dying breed: the Mogul's Car, a sprawling, profligate road yacht that says "big-shot Hollywood producer" like a monogrammed bungalow...
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