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this is the bacala a two-seater Bentley
without a roof
inspired by last year's exp 100 GT
Concept whereas that was merely a design
vision this is real 12 cars will be
built all of them already sold costing
1.5 million pounds each your honor
they're gonna love or loathe the fact
that there's a rash of these super
limited multi-million pound specials at
the moment cars like the Ferrari Monza
the Aston speedster the McLaren Alva and
now this but before you dismiss the
baccala as Bentley trying to turn a
quick buck or grab some headlines
there's actually more to this story than
meets the eye
yes on one level the back la is just a
shrewd bit of business but it also marks
the return of Bentley Mulliner as a
proper coach builder a company that can
trace its roots back to the 1500s when
it made its money pimping up horse-drawn
carriages bacala is the first in
Molina's coachbuilt portfolio so there
will be more models to follow that offer
radical bodies on familiar underpinnings
and the ultimate in personalization that
then complements the classic portfolio
which was kicked off last year with the
news that Bentley is going to build 12
continuation supercharged blowers from
the late 20s and of course Mulliner will
still let you go nuts with the color
trim and materials in your standard
Bentley back to the Bakalar it shares
just one exterior park with the Conti GT
and yes it's the door handle because it
contains the keyless entry system the
rest is all new starting at the front
then this lower intake and these
headlights here would be LED running
lights bleeding off the side of them
that's pure exp 100 GT Concept I'm not
so sure about these intakes and the
bonnet a little bit man sorry for me
these 22 inch wheels are actually quite
cool you got to get really up close to
appreciate them they're diamond-cut but
it's the contours of the wheel they're
really impressive the way that they come
out and then swoop back in and I
particularly like this ninja star cap in
the middle in fact the rear wheels are a
lot more
pronouncing at the front you need to
take a look up there moving down the
side of the car this is not a
convertible of course because it doesn't
have a roof at all but all the better
for looking back there where the rear
seats would be is now a sort of semi
enclosed luggage compartment which is
useful but also looks very cool indeed
especially because the center console
runs down the middle of the cart and
then swoops up looping around the
luggage compartment and creating these
buttresses or cows or whatever you want
to call them just to mention this bronze
trim that runs alongside the top of the
car it's a bit of me that is the rear
clamshell by the way that's aluminium
the doors and the front wings they're
carbon fiber and if we come around the
back just a couple more things to show
you the taillights those are pure exp
100 GT Concept again you've got a
floating Bentley badge here and the
track with its 20 mil wider at the rear
than a con to GT so yeah
it's got presence but it's the
palliative materials that will really
fry your brain
there's paint made from rice husk waste
parts of the dash and doors are cut from
River wood preserved in peat bogs for
five thousand years giving it that
unique black color and British wool is
used alongside Beluga leather on the
seats on the inside the overall
architecture is pretty familiar
Continental GT right down to the
rotating screen in the middle of the
dash will I ever get bored about now let
me get down to the details of stuff that
makes this interior unique stuff like
these no storks behind the wheel and the
wheel itself which is flat bottom and
has the Bakalar logo down here at the
bottom and then you've got leather
straps for door pools and in the center
of the dash here this air vent and the
clock in the middle has been completely
redesigned and this is personalised down
here with this turquoise finish and it
says one of 12 and then we get to the
color and materials and there are quite
a lot to go through if I'm honest so
stick with me starting at the top of the
dash we've got black now there next to
yellow leather and that's next to the
5,000 year old River wood that we
mentioned earlier we're gonna call it
bog wood from now
more brass trim classic Bentley veneer
there and then that's matched against
this gray British wool and then we're
down into the Beluga leather on the
seats not for the faint-hearted this bit
but then that's the whole point with
this card the personalization sky's the
limit for that if you can dream up any
color material combination you like
Bentley can make it happen
my favorite bit about the interior check
out the speaker cover over there oh
forgot to mention it moves to because
under there is a six litre twin turbo
w12 engine producing 650 horsepower
which is about 25 horsepower more than
you get in the standard Conti GT it's
got the same 8-speed twin clutch gearbox
it's got the same air suspension it is
essentially underneath a Continental GT
which is in no way a bad thing but while
some of these will be driven
occasionally most would just be admired
they're going to be parked up like a
piece of art which is a bit of a shame
isn't it personally I'd take a standard
Continental and 1.3 million pounds
change but then again the target
audience for this car probably isn't a
scruffy or excitement
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