First $3m Bentley Mulliner Bacalar produced

Bentley has released pictures of the first of 12 roofless 2021 Bentley Mulliner Bacalar models completed at the British luxury car-maker's Crewe factory.

Following on from Bentley Bacalar 'Car Zeroes' that were used for durability and climatic testing, the first customer car off the Crewe line features a carbon-fibre body painted in a champagne-coloured satin hue called Atom Silver.

This combines with a set of 22-inch wheels that feature dark grey satin spokes and Moss Green accent highlights. That same green also appears on the grille, headlights, rollover humps and even the exhaust outlets.

Gloss black also features heavily on the special hand-built Bacalar, applied to the A-pillar, grille mesh and surround, bonnet vents, side vents, lower rear bumper and brake callipers.

Inside, there's yet more black and green, including Moss Green used for the Nappa leather seats.

Other highlights of the entirely bespoke Bacalar include satin bronze detailing and liberal use of a 5000-year-old open-pore river wood. There's also a satin nickel finish for the clock and black anodised interior chrome.

The owner of the first Bacalar also ordered bespoke Bacalar luggage that matches the car's interior, plus a key that's also presented in a bespoke key box trimmed in leather with Moss Green stitching.

Created to be the "ultimate open cockpit two-seater", the Bentley Bacalar takes its inspiration from the stunning 2019 Bentley EXP 100 GT coupe that marked Bentley’s centenary.

Instead of the EXP’s all-electric battery and motors, the Bentley Bacalar is powered by a twin-turbocharged 6.0-litre W12 that has had its power boosted by 19kW to a towering 485kW.

The standard Continental GT’s 900Nm peak torque remains unchanged and, against the clock, the special-edition hits 100km/h in 3.6 seconds before eventually topping out at 330km/h.

As well as finishing the first Bacalar, Mulliner has also completed its very first Blower Continuation.

Claimed to be painted in the same Birkin Green paint as the original Blower, the recreation of the iconic 1929 race car gets wire wheels and leather-trimmed seats that match the original.

Mechanically identical to Birkin's racer, apart from a modern electric fuel pump and a foam baffle within the fuel tank to boost safety, the engine is a 4.5-litre inline four-cylinder that, thanks to a supercharger, produced around 180kW.

Commenting on both the Bacalar and Blower Continuation's completion, Bentley’s Mulliner boss Paul Williams said: “Seeing these first two cars now finished has given the whole team an enormous sense of pride. Years of work have gone into the design and development of these projects, and seeing them together is incredibly rewarding.

"These cars are totally unique, absolutely bespoke, and yet have been built to the same quality standards as any other Bentley. Mulliner is truly the only place in the world that could deliver a 21st century, coachbuilt grand touring barchetta at the same time as recreating an iconic road-going 1929 race car."