Bentley Set For Monterey Car Week With Greater Presence Than Ever

Bentley Motors is returning to Monterey Car Week with a programme of features across the event that together define the brand’s greatest ever presence on the Monterey peninsula.

Among the main highlights, the standout will be the global reveal of the Bentley Mulliner Batur on 20 August, which is the next exclusive, handcrafted, coachbuilt car to be launched by Mulliner. 

More than the heir to Bacalar, the Batur reveals an all-new design language for Bentley, showcasing themes and forms that will define Bentley’s future range of Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs).

Following this reveal, the Batur will make its public debut on the Concept Lawn outside Sunday’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.

Joining it will be Mulliner’s Blower Car Zero, the first car in the Continuation Series, the first U.S debut of a customer Bacalar, and examples of Mulliner’s Continental GT and GTC, and Flying Spur.

The Blower Car Zero will be driven in a track parade on 18 August by Bentley’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Adrian Hallmark. 

After a lap of the track, Bentley will start its year-long celebrations of the 2023’s 24 Hours of Le Mans centenary as the Speed 8 that won Le Mans in 2003 takes to the circuit for demonstration laps.

For the Bacalar, the Bacalar No. 8 provided by its owner, will be resplendent in its colour palette of white, blue and orange and showcase the breadth of ability of Mulliner.

Next, Mulliner’s expertise will also be displayed via the Bentayga EWB Mulliner Gallery, a one-off car making its debut at The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering on 19 August.

Presented on Bentley’s show stand, this bespoke version of the new Bentayga EWB is an art piece on 22-inch wheels, with the interior set to showcase some of Mulliner’s recent handcraftsmanship.

In addition to that, the centre point of Bentley’s takeover of the Monterey peninsula will be the Home of Bentley, located just 200 metres from Pebble Beach Lodge. 

Notably, the Home of Bentley will mark the public debut of Bentley’s new signature look and feel for events, developed by Bentley’s own Design team. 

Beautiful expressions of sustainability, authenticity and craftsmanship link design cues from Bentley’s model range to the Home, both outside the property and within.

Around its exterior vicinity, the Home of Bentley will display up to six current Bentleys, of which will change every day, where guests will be able to sign-up for a test drive. 

Out of the six, the test drive includes one of the 103 Bentleys that will come together on the peninsula, and each one of the 103 represents every year of the company’s history.

Meanwhile, a Flying Spur Hybrid will demonstrate Bentley’s Naim audio system via a bespoke track recently created for Bentley, and other Naim products will be on display and in use inside the Home.

Inside, customers will be able to experience a configuration journey to design their perfect bespoke Bentley, with the aid of Mulliner Designers and arrays of materials and colours. 

That being said, to inaugurate Bentley’s Monterey Car Week, an assembly of Bentleys will travel to the peninsula. 

Said journey from Los Angeles starts on 16 August, with a fleet of 30 Bentleys travelling up the Pacific Coast Highway, and will end at Laguna Seca on the 18th.