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2023 Bentley Batur First Look Review: Past, Present, And Future Align

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2023 Bentley Batur First Look Review: Past, Present, And Future Align

It's not often that a coupe arrives as a successor to a convertible, but that's what the new Bentley Batur is to the Bacalar drop-top. The Bacalar relaunched coachbuilding at the brand's bespoke Mulliner division, and the ultra-exclusive Batur continues that tradition.

The Batur is an oddity in that it is powered by the brand's most powerful W12 - an engine from another era - yet it previews the design language of Bentley's forthcoming battery-electric vehicles. In essence, the Batur bridges the gap between Bentley's past and future, and it does so as a first step towards a final goodbye for the iconic power plant. If we're being honest, there are worse ways to live in the present moment than with a 730-horsepower W12 grand tourer.

When Is The Bentley Batur Coming Out?

The Batur was unveiled at Monterey Car Week recently, but it will only be coming out next year - two years before Bentley's first BEV is due in 2025. After an extensive development program, the Bentley Batur's release date has been set for mid-2023, when deliveries are expected to kick off.

2023 Bentley Batur Price and Competition

The 2023 Bentley Batur's price hardly matters since all 18 examples slated for production have already been sold. For what it's worth, those lucky Mulliner customers paid £1.65 million (approximately $1.95 million) each, excluding taxes and options. We're willing to bet that the final cost was far beyond this.

Finding direct rivals for a car like this is not easy. Although priced well in excess of the Batur, we'd consider the Bugatti W16 Mistral a worthy alternative for collectors. Like the Batur, the W16 Mistral celebrates the end of the road of an iconic engine - in this case, that's Bugatti's exceptional W16.

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Author: Belinda Anderson

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