Bentley Mulliner Bacalar

Bentley's Mulliner division is a descendant of one of the world's oldest coachbuilders, which in the first half of the twentieth century made cars to special orders on ready-made chassis. But in recent decades, the department’s specialists have only been involved in decorating production cars and re-upholstering interiors. Now everything will change! Mulliner will once again deliver custom designs.

The division's future work plan includes three areas. Collections is a traditional creation of special versions with special finishing. Classic involves the construction of exact copies of old Bentley models using old drawings and technologies (the first experiment will be 12 Bentley 4½-liter Blower cars). And the revived Coachbuilt direction is the construction of unique cars. And to demonstrate its capabilities, the Bentley Mulliner Bacalar roadster was created, named after the famous lake “Laguna de Bacalar”, located in Mexico on the Yucatan Peninsula.

It's based on the production Bentley Continental GTC convertible, but all exterior body panels are new except the door handles, and the design is inspired by the EXP 100 GT concept car. Original 22-inch wheels are installed, the rear track is widened by 20 mm.

The six-liter W12 6.0 biturbo engine has been boosted from 635 to 659 hp. (similar to the GT Speed model), and the 8-speed preselective “robot” has only adjusted settings, which allows the car to accelerate from 0 to 100 kph in 3.5 seconds and reach a top speed of 335 kph.

The interior received an original steering wheel, door cards and a graphical interface, a different design for the air ducts in the center, and special seats made of natural wool with 148 thousand stitches. A special touch is the use of peat bog wood for the interior, which is over 5,000 years old. There is also an exclusive set of travel bags made from the same materials and colors as the seats, which are located behind the front seats instead of the rear ones.

The Bentley Bacalar is the most expensive and rarest of the brand's new models of 2020. Despite the starting price of £1.5 million. The entire run of 12 roadsters was immediately sold out.

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