One-percenters not entirely happy with the Bentley Continental GT Convertible can look forward to seeing the new Bacalar designed by the oldest coachbuilder in the world, Mulliner. That being said, wealthy individuals should know all 12 cars planned for production have already been spoken for, even though the car costs an eye-watering £1.5 million (about $1.91M at current exchange rates).

Billed as being the “rarest two-door Bentley of the modern era,” the new Bacalar is literally a roofless car with only two seats instead of the Continental GTC’s four-seat cabin. The rather polarizing exterior design takes after last year’s eccentric EXP 100 GT concept adapted from coupe to a barchetta design. Interestingly, only the door handle has been carried over from the Continental, and that’s only because of the keyless entry system. All of the other exterior parts have been specifically designed for the Bacalar.

The car has a 20-mm (0.8-inch) wider rear track compared to the Continental GT and sits on massive 22-inch wheels with a three-tone finish exclusively created for the two-seat grand tourer. Rather than slapping on a boring badge, Mulliner went with a fancy “Bacalar” graphic on the rear panel complemented by a bronze Flying B logo.

While the exterior is no doubt special, it’s inside where Mulliner pulled out all the stops to make the Bacalar look and feel special. The dashboard uses super-rare Riverwood, which Bentley characterizes as being “a sustainable wood from naturally fallen trees that has been preserved for 5,000 years in peat bogs, lakes and rivers found in the Fenlands of East Anglia, England.”

The seat inserts, seatbacks, and the side of the headrests are made from natural wool cloth, while the Wilton-woven pure wool deep pile carpets complete the look. As a final touch, the car comes bundled with a matching set of luggage using the same embroidery as seen on the seats.

At the heart of the Bacalar is the Volkswagen Group’s latest evolution of the twin-turbo 6.0-liter W12 engine, now pushing out a massive 650 horsepower and the same 667 pound-feet (900 Newton-meters) of torque as in previous specifications. It’s hooked up to a revised eight-speed, dual-clutch automatic transmission promising to deliver quicker gear shifts, enabling a 0 to 62 mph (100 km/h) run in three and a half seconds and a top speed surpassing 200 mph (322 km/h).

Is a Bentley Bacalar coupe planned for the future? While the automaker hasn’t announced any specific plans, this rendering gives us a good idea of what that machine might look like. The images come to us from Aksyonov Nikita via Behance, and we can’t help but wish this machine makes it to limited production.

As one might expect, the Bacalar coupe rendering looks a lot like the roofless Bentley we saw last week, with the same vertical fender vent, triangular air inlets on the front bumper, and bold rear haunches hiding a 0.8-inch-wider rear track. Viewed in profile, the Bacalar coupe also boasts what look like the same round headlights and diamond-shaped taillights as the regular Bacalar.

The roofline is cribbed from the Continental GT coupe, although it might be somewhat more aggressive in the rendering. Trimmed in a metallic bronze finish, the window trim recalls one of the accent colors found on the three-tone wheels. We assume the interior of the normal Bacalar (can any $1.9 million car be called normal?) would port right over to the theoretical coupe, meaning fine leather and wool upholstery, deep-pile carpeting, rare Riverwood trim, and matching luggage. Overall, the rendering is more faithful to Bentley's EXP 100 GT concept from 2019 than the actual limited-production Bacalar. It's fair to expect the closed-roof Bacalar to offer the same 650 horsepower (484 kilowatts) and 667 pound-feet (900 Newton-meters) of torque as the barchetta, thanks to a 6.0-liter W12 driven through an eight-speed dual-clutch gearbox. Since the Bacalar is a totally roofless proposition (no retractable soft top there), the Bacalar coupe would likely weigh a bit more. However, smoother aerodynamics would likely push its top speed further beyond the 200-mph mark than its al fresco sibling.

If Bentley were to build a second Bacalar variant, we would expect it to be a rare beast. The open-top Bacalar we saw last week will be limited to just 12 units, all of which have been spoken for at a price in excess of $1.9 million. We doubt the company would offer much of a discount on a hardtop version, nor would it increase production. Instead, a potential Bentley Bacalar coupe would likely remain a coveted plaything for the ultra-rich, leaving the standard Continental GT for more plebeian millionaires.