The Bentley Batur Convertible was simply revealed, marking the third coachbuilt Bentley of the fashionable period. And as you possibly can see, she’s an absolute stunner! Created by Mulliner, Bentley’s in home bespoke division, the Batur Convertible follows the exquisitely hand-crafted Bacalar barchetta and Batur coupe. With the Batur Convertible, Mulliner continues its lengthy custom of crafting actually particular person vehicles, tailor-made to the desires of every of its extraordinary shoppers.
The Batur Convertible furthers the modern design DNA launched by its coupe sibling that may in the end information the design of Bentley’s future vehicles. The Batur Convertible retains probably the most highly effective model of Bentley’s iconic W12, with a 750-HP, hand-assembled 6.0-liter twin-turbocharged engine that has metaphorically and actually powered Bentley’s success for the final twenty years. With the engine to complete manufacturing this summer season, the Batur Convertible can be one of many final ever Bentleys to make use of this unbelievable powertrain.
Bespoke Two-Seat Grand Touring
Bentley has a wealthy historical past of open-cockpit vehicles, from the very first Bentley of 1919, by the corporate’s basis years within the Nineteen Twenties, to the newest – the Bacalar. The structure of the Batur Convertible has allowed Mulliner’s designers to grab the chance to create a theme that not solely blends the design of the Bacalar and Batur however consists of the usability of a convertible. The designers additionally selected to focus on the two-seater character with a ‘wraparound’ cockpit impressed by the design of the Bacalar.
The dramatic ‘airbridge’ behind the seats and tapered cowls on the rear hark again to the barchetta sports activities vehicles of previous, while underlining the promise of a dynamic, driver-focused journey in a cosseting, cocooned surroundings. The airbridge and tapered cowls are usually not solely aesthetic, but additionally present a semi-enclosed baggage compartment behind the 2 entrance seats.
The convertible roof delivers an aesthetic of magnificence as a contemporary, tactile various to a hardtop roof. A mix of insulation materials, sealing system refinements and acoustic therapies create a cossetting surroundings in a system which may be deployed or stowed in simply 19 seconds, with the automobile travelling at speeds of as much as 30 mph, remodeling the automobile from an opulent coupe into an open-top Grand Tourer on the contact of a button.
Private and Uniquely Commissioned
Mulliner’s in-house design workforce will assist co-create each Batur Convertible with its buyer, working collectively by a specifically created Mulliner visualizer that permits any a part of the automobile to be personalized in colour and floor end. Infinite samples of distinctive supplies deliver texture to the method, and the ensuing designs can be actually particular person and created by the client – restricted solely by their creativeness.
Clients will have the ability to specify the colour and end of virtually each floor of the Batur Convertible, to create a automobile as particular person as they’re. Past the outside type of the automobile lies an nearly limitless array of selections for every automobile’s future proprietor to make.
Paint selection is infinite – beginning with the complete Mulliner colour palette and travelling past into absolutely bespoke paint and even hand-painted graphics. The outside brightware may be any combine of sunshine and darkish, satin or gloss and even titanium. One other refined choice accessible is a graduated distinction colour to the entrance grille, for a vibrant ombre impact.
The Batur Convertible provides additional areas to personalize with the distinctive Airbridge, tonneau cowl and roof supplies with the ability to be specified to enrich the remainder of the cabin and exterior.
Within the cabin, the extremely unique choice of 3D printed rose gold consists of key driver contact factors, such because the Bentley Drive Mode Selector, encircling the beginning/cease button and used to vary chassis modes. The centerpiece of an beautiful cabin, the dial enhances the design of the entrance grille. Rose gold may also utilized to Bentley’s iconic Organ Cease vent controls within the dashboard, in addition to a rose gold insert marker on the steering wheel itself.
Bentley Mulliner has collaborated with professional goldsmiths based mostly within the historic Jewelry Quarter of Birmingham, England, the place jeweler has been made for hundreds of years, to craft the distinctive components. This particular collaboration highlights Bentley’s capability to mix new, superior manufacturing applied sciences with extra conventional supplies and ending strategies.
Unique and Highly effective
Every Batur Convertible can be handcrafted over the course of a number of months in Mulliner’s workshop at Bentley’s carbon impartial manufacturing facility in Crewe, England. Manufacturing can be restricted to only 16 items, every among the many final ever Bentleys to be powered by the corporate’s iconic W12 engine, in its most potent iteration.
For the W12 powertrain that the Batur Convertible shares with its coupe counterpart, a revised consumption system, upgraded turbochargers, new intercoolers and in depth recalibration allows 740 HP and 738 lb-ft of torque, to ship distinctive efficiency for this pinnacle grand tourer. This improvement of the engine is in celebration of its achievements over 20 years, over which era it has been developed to supply practically 40% extra energy whereas gasoline economic system has improved by 25%.
The W12 is paired with Bentley’s eight-speed double-clutch transmission, together with a sports activities exhaust to offer a soundtrack in step with the extent of efficiency. All the exhaust system is in titanium, whereas the finishers are 3D-printed in titanium.
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The engineering improvement automobile has had the identical stage of consideration to element as a buyer’s personal specification. The outside paintwork is a bespoke colour – Vermillion Gloss over Vermillion Satin Duo tone – that gives a vibrant colour throughout the modern surfaces. The physique is underscored by entrance splitters, aspect skirts and rear diffuser in excessive gloss carbon fiber.
The entrance of the automobile includes a grille of remarkable artwork – with the primary matrix completed in Gloss Darkish Titanium, accented with distinction chevrons in a horizontal ombré sample that flows from Beluga within the heart and lighten to the colourful sides in Vermillion Gloss. The “limitless bonnet” line is completed in Gloss Darkish Titanium paint, as are the 22” wheels – with the spokes in Gloss and Satin Black Titanium with Vermillion Gloss accents.
Bentley Batur Convertible Pricing
Whereas Bentley hasn’t revealed pricing for the Bentley Batur Convertible, on condition that the coupe price $2.1 million, we count on pricing to be in that very same ballpark. That’s an enormous worth bump over the $330,000 Continental GT Velocity Convertible, however hey, that’s the worth of going bespoke. My guess, all 16 of those are most likely already spoken for.
