The Bacalar is considered the “rarest two-door Bentley of the modern era”. Rightly so, because only 12 units of this car will be produced, all of which have already been sold at this point. The price? £ 1.5 million or about $ 1.91 million at current exchange rates.
Now what do you get with that kind of money? Top Gear has released a video presentation of the Bacalar, touching on some details of the roofless version of last year’s eccentric EXP 100 GT concept.
Speaking of homeless, yes, the Bacalar is not a convertible, which means it needs a garage rather than a roadside parking space. It’s also interesting to know that the Bacalar shares only one exterior component of the Continental GT, and it is the door handles that house the keyless entry system.
Many details emerge from the presentation video, such as the bronze accents that draw the Bacalar body panels. It gets more interesting inside too. The dashboard uses the super rare Riverwood, which is 5,000 year old preserved wood from naturally fallen trees “in peat bogs, lakes and rivers found in the Fenlands of East Anglia, England”.
Other special elements inside include the seat inserts in natural wool fabric and the pure wool carpets woven by Wilton. Finally, the seats are covered with Beluga leather, which is not really something for fragile hearts.
Finally, the latest evolution of the Volkswagen group’s 6.0-liter twin-turbo W12 engine is found inside the long hood of the Bacalar, which produces 650 horsepower and 667 pound-feet (900 Newton meters) of torque. This power allows the Beluga to go from 0 to 62 mph (100 km / h) in just 3.5 seconds.
The Bacalar is considered the “rarest two-door Bentley of the modern era”. Rightly so, because only 12 units of this car will be produced, all of which have already been sold at this point. The price? £ 1.5 million or about $ 1.91 million at current exchange rates.
Now what do you get with that kind of money? Top Gear has released a video presentation of the Bacalar, touching on some details of the roofless version of last year’s eccentric EXP 100 GT concept.
Speaking of homeless, yes, the Bacalar is not a convertible, which means it needs a garage rather than a roadside parking space. It’s also interesting to know that the Bacalar shares only one exterior component of the Continental GT, and it is the door handles that house the keyless entry system.
Many details emerge from the presentation video, such as the bronze accents that draw the Bacalar body panels. It gets more interesting inside too. The dashboard uses the super rare Riverwood, which is 5,000 year old preserved wood from naturally fallen trees “in peat bogs, lakes and rivers found in the Fenlands of East Anglia, England”.
Other special elements inside include the seat inserts in natural wool fabric and the pure wool carpets woven by Wilton. Finally, the seats are covered with Beluga leather, which is not really something for fragile hearts.
Finally, the latest evolution of the Volkswagen group’s 6.0-liter twin-turbo W12 engine is found inside the long hood of the Bacalar, which produces 650 horsepower and 667 pound-feet (900 Newton meters) of torque. This power allows the Beluga to go from 0 to 62 mph (100 km / h) in just 3.5 seconds.