Since it first came onto the scene a century ago, Bentley has been a marker of style, success and luxury.

If you drive a Bentley, you’re unlikely to find someone brave enough to question your taste in cars.

Its latest creation, the Mulliner Bacalar, is no exception. It’s also the “rarest two-door Bentley of the modern era”.

CNBC reports that Bentley will only be releasing 12 of the $2 million, two-seat, open-air luxury sports car.

The all-wheel drive car is powered by a 6.0-liter V-12 engine capable of 650 horsepower and 667 pound-feet of torque, and it has an eight-speed transmission.

The wood used for the vehicle’s wraparound dashboard, according to Bentley, is made of wood that had been naturally preserved in peat bogs, lakes and rivers of East Anglia in Eastern England.

CNET with more on that rare wood and other interior features:

Aside from the lashings of finest stitched and perforated leather, the Bentley makes use of other more environmentally conscious and ethically sourced (unlike the giant pile of filthy lucre needed to buy this thing) finishes such as 5,000-year-old river wood, and it even uses rice husk ash in its paint.

Hey, at least Bentley is building the thing in its carbon-neutral factory, so we’ll go with it.

Oh, and just so you know, there’s custom-fitted luggage because nobody, and we mean nobody, wants to roll up to St. Moritz during peak season in their coachbuilt Bentley with normally shaped and styled luggage like a peasant. This particular set of leather bags is made by Italian manufacturer Schedoni which has made fitted luggage for companies like Ferrari.

Yeah, you don’t want to be that person with regular luggage. How will you ever survive the shame?

If you’d like to own one of these “resting beasts” as Bentley call them, they can be preordered, and customised according to your preferences – “every exterior colour, every interior layout is possible.”

The Bacalar is important for Bentley in that it launches Mulliner’s new three-part-plan for bespoke luxury domination. It will have three portfolios of vehicles going forward: Classic, Collections and Coachbuilt.

Classic refers to the continuation and recreation models that Bentley’s been doing, like the Blower and so forth. The Collection is a continuation of Mulliner’s work as the custom styling division for Bentley.

Finally, Coachbuilt is being kicked off with the Bacalar and will go on to produce other rare and unique vehicles for very select customers.

I’ll leave you with Bentley’s design director, Stefan Sielaff, who will really break it down for all you petrolheads out there:

She is a beauty.

[source:cnbc&cnet]