There comes a time in the life of any editor when a crash video reminds why Bentley is cooler than Porsche though a car he completely forgot about. Between 1998 and 2009, Bentley made a car called the Arnage, the twin sister of the Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph. What's funny is that in exactly the same year this 5.4-meter brute went out of production, Porsche started making its very first luxury four-door sedan, the Panamera.
Just to give you an idea of the disparity between these two cars, while the Panamera's biggest engine was and still is a 4.8-liter V8, the Brits offered a "six and three quarter liter" V8 with twin turbocharging. And while the Germans give you a 7-speed PDK twin-clutch or an 8-speed Tiptronic, the Arnage could even make due with a 4-speed automatic. Why do we need so many speeds anyway?
In any case, a Bentley Arnage and a Porsche Panamera were recently seen by the side of the road on a highway in Dubai. The two had been incapacitated as a result of a crash and they appear abandoned. We don't know what happened, but judging from the damage, we guess the Porsche rear-ended the Bentley offset to the left. This in turn hit something else and ripped off its front bumper, probably as a result of the crash barrier.
Were the two V8 beasts racing? Probably not. Sandstorms can create bad visibility which in combination with a traffic jam usually results in this type of crash. Only in Dubai would you see a crash like this.
Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida. Full profile
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