02/07/2008 09:59. He may be nasty on "American Idol," but when Simon Cowell slips behind the wheel of his very well-behaved Bentley Arnage and cruises down Rodeo Drive, he might appear almost charming. That's because it's nearly impossible to come off as anything other than civilized while inside this English gentleman's cruiser. Though the Arnage T still looks overly conservative to most of us stateside, it's actually been tarted up a bit for 2007, with flashy, smoky metallic trim and an optional rear-seat cocktail bar and champagne cooler.

There's a sense of relentless locomotion while driving this heavy sedan, owing to its substantial heft and a monster of a 6.7-liter, twin-turbocharged, 500-hp, V-8... // Newsweek