Bentley Batur Convertible by Mulliner

Bentley revealed the Batur Convertible on 7 May 2024 as its third modern Mulliner coachbuilt model, with an announced sixteen-car customer programme. The two-seat convertible combines Batur design language with a retractable roof, an airbridge behind the seats and the most powerful factory development of Bentley’s W12. This programme profile uses photographs of the first customer-production example, while the separate Car Zero record follows the additional development prototype.

Bentley Batur Convertible by Mulliner at a glance

The third modern Mulliner coachbuilt programme

The Batur Convertible follows the Bacalar barchetta and Batur coupé in Bentley’s modern Mulliner Coachbuilt family. Its May 2024 reveal introduces a separate open-car programme with a worldwide limit of sixteen customer examples. That sequence is useful because the related cars are sometimes grouped under one broad coachbuilding story even though their bodies, roof arrangements and allocations differ. The convertible does not share the coupé’s eighteen-car allowance. It has its own announced limit and design brief. This profile records that programme identity, using the first documented customer-production car to illustrate it. Individual customer specifications can be added as separate evidence where appropriate, without assuming that a single photographed configuration represents every commissioned example.

A roof-equipped two-seater rather than a second Bacalar

The design combines an open passenger experience with the usability of a retractable convertible roof. Bentley specifies two doors and two seats and highlights a wraparound cockpit with an airbridge and tapered cowls behind the occupants. Those features make the rear area an important part of the car’s identity rather than an afterthought to the coupé silhouette. The Bacalar provides a useful comparison because it is a barchetta, while the Batur Convertible incorporates a folding roof. A reader can follow the relationship without treating the cars as interchangeable. The complete exterior image and the closer cabin view show how the passenger space, rear deck and body surfaces work together in the documented customer car.

The airbridge and the luggage space behind the seats

Bentley describes the airbridge and tapered cowls as both visual features and part of a semi-enclosed luggage area behind the two front seats. Their significance therefore extends beyond styling. They influence how the cockpit meets the rear body and how an owner can use the space immediately behind the occupants. In photographs, that arrangement is easiest to understand from above or from a rear-quarter angle, where the seats and surrounding surfaces can be seen together. A cropped detail can show a finish but may conceal the feature’s actual position. The archive record benefits from preserving a broader view, then explaining the particular customer colour and material choices where those choices are documented.

The folding roof changes the grand-touring proposition

The launch account states that the roof can be deployed or stowed in nineteen seconds at speeds up to 30 mph, or 50 km/h. Bentley associates the system with insulation, seals and acoustic treatments intended to maintain a comfortable enclosed environment. These are manufacturer design and specification references, not a road-test conclusion for every completed customer car. The practical significance is clear enough without overstating it: the car can change between an open two-seat experience and a roof-enclosed grand tourer. This is one of the most useful comparisons with the Bacalar. It also explains why roof material, colour and its relationship to the surrounding tonneau and airbridge deserve attention in an individual commissioning file.

The 750 PS W12 reference needs its units preserved

The 2024 launch gives the Batur Convertible’s hand-assembled six-litre twin-turbocharged W12 a 750 PS reference and 1,000 Nm of torque. It attributes the engine development to changes including the intake, turbochargers, intercoolers and calibration. The engine is paired with an eight-speed double-clutch transmission and a titanium exhaust system. Later factory coverage of the first customer car uses a 740 bhp reference; these are different power units rather than a reason to invent a new tune. The archive should keep the source date and unit with each number. That is particularly important when comparing the Batur with other limited Bentleys, where a familiar engine name can otherwise obscure differences in the specific model development.

Customer co-creation is central to the programme

Mulliner’s launch account describes a design process in which customers can work with the team on the colours and surface finishes of the car. The airbridge, roof and tonneau create additional areas for personalisation compared with a closed body. Bentley also presents three-dimensionally printed rose-gold details as an available option, with specialist goldsmith involvement. Available choices should remain distinct from equipment fitted to every car. A programme article can explain the scope of the commissioning process without claiming that all sixteen examples received the same precious-metal details or launch colours. The strongest individual records preserve the selected specification and its documentary trail, showing how one customer’s decisions interpret the broader coachbuilt brief.

The first customer car gives the programme a production reference

On 7 August 2025 Bentley announced the first customer-production Batur Convertible. The factory identifies Opalite paint, a Beluga racing stripe and Mandarin accents, together with a One plus One interior that gives the driver and passenger different colour arrangements. Its photographs are used here to illustrate the programme with a documented customer-production example. This is stronger than relabelling the original launch prototype as a delivered customer car. It still does not establish that all sixteen customer examples were complete at the same date. The profile therefore retains sixteen as the announced programme limit and labels the photographed car by its particular production role rather than turning the first-car milestone into a complete-series census.

Car Zero and the Engineering Car are additional development subjects

Bentley’s October 2024 validation account identifies two pre-series vehicles: Batur Convertible Car Zero and a separate Engineering Car. It describes more than 120 individual tests and a scheduled validation period exceeding a year. Those cars belong to the engineering story, outside the sixteen-customer-car programme. Car Zero has its own profile in this batch because it is a specifically identified prototype with a documented role and appearance. The relationship must remain explicit. The programme article and the prototype article are different record scopes, and their images identify different vehicles. A reader should not add the programme limit to an individual prototype count as though both were independent customer editions or assume the prototype is the first delivered commission.

What the convertible adds to the coachbuilt archive

The Batur Convertible links the open-car experimentation of Bacalar with the design language established by the Batur coupé. It also places a late W12 development within a highly individual customer programme. Its collector significance is therefore a combination of body architecture, engine context and traceable commissioning work. The related profiles let readers examine those connections without confusing their allocations. For an individual customer car, preserve build documentation, original material choices, photographs and any supported changes over time. The programme’s announced limit supplies a rarity framework, while the particular specification tells the individual story. Both are useful, but they answer different questions and should remain distinguishable within the archive.

Frequently asked questions

How many customer Batur Convertibles were announced?

Sixteen worldwide. This profile retains that announced limit and does not claim a completed census of all sixteen.

Is Car Zero one of the sixteen customer cars?

No. Bentley identifies Car Zero as a pre-series development vehicle, alongside a separate Engineering Car.

Which car is shown in this programme profile?

The first customer-production example announced in August 2025, with Opalite paint and the One plus One interior.

Does 750 PS mean 750 bhp?

No. The launch uses 750 PS; later first-customer coverage uses 740 bhp. Power numbers retain their published units and dates.

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Primary sources

• The Batur Convertible – the next chapter of luxury, performance, and personalisation, coachbuilt by Mulliner
• Most powerful W12 Bentley starts its sign-off journey
• One plus One: First Batur Convertible produced by Mulliner

Identity, specifications and chronology are sourced to the dated manufacturer records. Design interpretation and documentation guidance are editorial analysis. Announced limits remain separate from completed production populations and individual-car records.

Photography and credits

The first customer-production Batur Convertible, announced in August 2025, in Opalite with an asymmetric One plus One interior. Photo: Bentley Motors / Bentley Newsroom · Editorial reproduction only. Resized and JPEG encoded without cropping or content changes. Copyright Bentley Motors. Editorial reproduction only, excluding advertising, marketing and sales-related activity. Individual photographer not identified.

The One plus One interior of the first customer Batur Convertible: separate driver and passenger colour arrangements. Photo: Bentley Motors / Bentley Newsroom · Editorial reproduction only. Resized and JPEG encoded without cropping or content changes. Copyright Bentley Motors. Editorial reproduction only, excluding advertising, marketing and sales-related activity. Individual photographer not identified.