New Bentley Bacalar Is a Wild 650 BHP Roofless Roadster

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Bentley has launched its wildest car in more than 100 years of car-making, as the drapes have been pulled off its Bacalar roadster.

Created to be an ultra-limited run of just 12 cars priced from £1.5 million (plus taxes), the new Bacalar, which borrows its unusual name from a lake in Mexico, is a natural rival to the recent McLaren Elva and the Aston Martin V12 Speedster.

Built to showcase Bentley's bespoke Mulliner division's aspiration of returning back to its coachbuilding roots, the open cockpit Bentley (there is no roof) is based on the car maker's current Continental GT convertible – but, aside from that car's platform and powertrain, only the door handles are borrowed from the mainstream model.

Designed under the brief to build the 'ultimate open cockpit two-seater', the Bacalar takes its design inspiration from last year's EXP 100 GT coupe that was created to celebrate the luxury British brand's centenary.

According to designer Gregory, the Bacalar has been "insanely expensive to make" and only really possible thanks to the short run of 12 cars. The carbon-fibre body, for example, could never be replicated on a run of 200 cars, it would simply cost too much.

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Bentley shows £1.5million Bacalar in new colours

Bentley has given the lucky 12 owners of the ultra-limited run Bacalar some food for thought by releasing several customisation examples of the £1.5-million (plus taxes) roadster.

While all 12 examples sold out before any customers had seen the car in the carbon fibre, those customers won’t be able to see the car for some time longer due to the brand’s current enforced factory shutdown.

As a result, Bentley has created six example specifications for the new model. You can see the images in our gallery, but they include “The Clerkenwell”; a traditional-looking model with a deep green exterior finish and with lashings of wood trim inside, and “The Fulton”; a rich red model with a black and red cabin.

The new Bacalar, which borrows its unusual name from a lake in Mexico, is a natural rival to the recent McLaren Elva and the Aston Martin V12 Speedster.

Designed under the brief to build the 'ultimate open cockpit two-seater', the Bacalar takes its design inspiration from last year's EXP 100 GT coupe that was created to celebrate the luxury British brand's centenary.

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