BENTLEY introduced this week that growth of its strictly restricted version Mulliner Batur coupe is full. Buyer car manufacturing will start later this yr, with simply 18 of the coach-built specials being made.
The Continental GT Pace-based Mulliner Batur coupe is the sister automobile to the Bacalar convertible and serves as a bridge between its inner combustion and forthcoming electrical ranges.
As such, the mannequin is among the final to characteristic Bentley’s 544kW/1003Nm twin-turbocharged 6.0-litre W12. The engine is modified to simply accept a brand new air consumption, bigger turbochargers and revised intercoolers, the tweaks gifting the Mulliner Batur the distinctive title of essentially the most highly effective road-going Bentley but.
The uprated energy is matched by a recalibrated transmission management module and revised stability management system Bentley stated concerned greater than 100 weeks of growth.
Bentley utilised a pair of check automobiles – dubbed Automobile Zero and Automobile Zero-Zero – in its in depth check program, which started late final yr. The evaluation included a 2400km European tour, high-speed testing at speeds as much as 320km/h, and greater than 600 hours of photo voltaic loading, or the equal of the automobile being parked within the desert for 5 years.
The checks had been partially aimed toward making certain the standard of the car’s hand-crafted supplies and finishes had been as much as the duty… together with the cabin’s 3D-printed gold garnishing, constructed from recycled jewelry.
Bentley confirmed the Mulliner Batur to the general public ultimately yr’s Monterey Automobile Week in California, the ultra-premium grand tourer stated to supply a glimpse of the model’s future styling because it transitions into the EV age.
“The Batur is a big automobile for Bentley. Way over the inheritor to the extremely profitable Bacalar, the Batur showcases the design course that we’re taking sooner or later as we develop our vary of BEVs,” stated Bentley chairman and chief govt, Adrian Hallmark.
“Beneath the attractive exterior lies essentially the most highly effective engine we’ve ever developed. Our W12 engine is definitely essentially the most profitable twelve-cylinder automotive engine in historical past, and because it approaches its retirement to make means for future hybrids and BEVs, we wish to mark its accomplishments.”
And should you suppose you would possibly prefer to put your title down for a Bentley Batur, properly we remorse to tell that you simply’re plum out of luck. All 18 examples are pre-sold, with every taking 4 months at hand construct. The asking worth? A cool $A2.8 million apiece.
