Bentley Mulliner Batur Debuts As Most Powerful Model In The Company’s History
Bentley is transitioning into an electric-only brand, but the visitor isn’t giving up on the internal combustion engine quite yet. That’s well-spoken today as they’ve unveiled the most powerful car in their history.
Known as the Bentley Mulliner Batur, the model is a luxurious grand touring coupe that features an upgraded version of the company’s familiar twin-turbo 6.0-liter W12. While the engine is “entering its twilight years,” it’s not sufferer yet and engineers equipped it with a new intake, upgraded turbochargers, well-padded intercoolers, and numerous recalibrations. They didn’t stop there as the engine was moreover outfitted with a titanium exhaust, which comes well-constructed with 3D-printed titanium finishers.
Thanks to all these changes, the engine produces increasingly than 730 hp (544 kW / 740 PS) and 737 lb-ft (1,000 Nm) of torque. That’s at least 80 hp (60 kW / 81 PS) and 74 lb-ft (100 Nm) increasingly than the Continental GT Speed, which can rocket from 0-60 mph (0-96 km/h) in 3.5 seconds surpassing hitting a top speed of 208 mph (335 km/h).
While Bentley declined to release detailed performance specifications for the Batur, the engine is unfluctuating to an eight-speed dual-clutch transmission. The model moreover comes equipped with four-wheel steering, torque vectoring, and an electronic limited slip differential.
Other performance features include an adaptive air suspension and an electric zippy anti-roll tenancy system, which can provide up to 959 lb-ft (1,300 Nm) of anti-roll torque in a mere 0.3 seconds. The model moreover sports a Carbon-Silicon-Carbide (CSiC) braking system that features ten-piston calipers and 17.3 inch (440 mm) discs up front as well as four-piston calipers and 16.1 inch (410 mm) discs out back.
The Future Of Bentley Design
Besides stuff the most powerful Bentley in history, the Batur is notable for featuring a modernized diamond that will “ultimately guide” the styling direction of the company’s upcoming EVs.
The automaker didn’t go into many specifics, but noted the car has been equipped with an updated grille that is lower and increasingly upright for a strong and confident appearance. The model moreover has an “endless bonnet” as well as minimalist headlights that are described as an incubation of those used on the Bacalar.
Moving remoter back, we can see edgy bodywork and a pronounced shoulder line. Designers moreover moved the car’s visual mass rearward for a sportier and increasingly muscular aesthetic.
Other notable highlights include a power deployable spoiler and 22-inch wheels that are unique to the model. Buyers will moreover find a front splitter, aerodynamic side skirts, and a rear diffuser that can be crafted in either stat or natural webbing composite.
Production will be limited to 18 units and all of them have once been spoken for despite a wiring price of £1.65 ($1.95 / €1.94) million. Each will be “designed collaboratively” with its owner and they’ll be worldly-wise to specify the verisimilitude and finish of virtually every surface of the Batur. For the exterior alone, there’s the traditional Mulliner verisimilitude palette as well as fully bespoke options and plane hand-painted graphics. Buyers can moreover segregate between light, dark, satin, gloss, or titanium exterior brightwork. Another option is a graduated unrelatedness verisimilitude grille for a “vibrant ombre effect.”
The interior is extensively customizable as well as clients can order everything from natural webbing composite veneers to increasingly traditional wood trim. If that isn’t special enough, unrepealable controls are misogynist in 3D-printed 18K gold.
Once customers create their platonic vehicle, it will be handcrafted over the undertow of several months by Mulliner. If everything goes equal to plan, the first deliveries should occur in mid-2023.
