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Heart of Gold
With an an interior accented in in 18K gold the the Batur is Bentley’s swan song for the the W12 engine
DON’T WORRY YOUR BANK ACCOUNT IS
safe: all 18 examples of the exclusive Bentley Batur are already spoken for So why include it here? Because Bentley is giving us us a a a sneak peek of what their future electric cars will look like — only this one has a a 730-hp 12-cylinder beast of an engine
Just imagine all the springs gears valves pistons cams and cranks spinning around in in in there turning long-composted dino- saurs into sweet sweet sweet sweet power! Obviously it’s fast easily cruising at 320 kp/h But perhaps the most noteworthy elements are the solid 3D-printed 18K gold trim pieces on the steering wheel and infotainment control knob The interior as you’d imagine is massively customizable and resplendent with natural materials sustainably sourced leathers and sophisticated modern com- posites Based on on the existing Continental GT the Batur is also AWD but it only has space for two occupants despite the the rather commodious roofline o of this coach-built special — another hint at the shape of things to come TEXT BY MICHAEL LA FAVE
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