Buy a Home, Get a Free Bentley

225 Liverpool Drive (Google Maps)
A Cardiff homeowner desperate to sell his house has decided to take a new approach.

"We're going to add in a bonus to the person who buys the house," said Bob Lehman. "We're going to throw in a dream car."

The dream car is a 2007 Bentley convertible with fewer than 15,000 miles on it. Lehmen said it was the first Bentley in San Diego and he paid more than $200,000 for it. Now it's free -- with the purchase of his home.

He was asking more than $2,000,000 for the home but now the asking price has gone down just under $1.8 million.

The 4,371 square foot home includes 4 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, an extra-large finished basement with additional full kitchen, media room, two-car garage and covered back patio. It's very modern with a view of the ocean.

There will be a public open house on Sunday August 2nd from Noon to 3 pm. It's located at 525 Liverpool Drive (take Interstate 5 to the Birmingham exit).

Bentley may adopt engine cutoff technology

Bentley, Volkswagen AG's British luxury brand, is planning to use cylinder cutoffs in the next generation of its top-of-the-line model, the Arnage.

The cutoff technology is designed to sharply reduce fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions by closing off individual combustion chambers when they are not needed -- say, at cruising speeds.

The next-generation Bentley Arnage will use engine cutoff technology designed to reduce fuel use and carbon dioxide emissions. A current Arnage is shown.

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The next-generation Arnage will be presented at the Frankfurt motor show in September.

In addition to Bentley, others working on engines with cylinder cutoffs are Audi and AMG, the Mercedes-Benz in-house customizer. Those engines soon will go into production.

Separately, Bentley turned to an innovative forming technology that uses superheated air and high tool pressure to shape the Arnage's curvaceous bodywork.