{"id":454062,"date":"2023-06-26T18:12:24","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T18:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=454062"},"modified":"2024-02-19T15:22:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T15:22:32","slug":"top-gear-drives-the-2-million-bentley-batur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/top-gear-drives-the-2-million-bentley-batur\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Top Gear drives the $2 million Bentley Batur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just recently we&#8217;ve published the official statement from Bentley that their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-bentley-batur-is-almost-ready-for-production\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Batur is just about ready to go into production<\/a>, albeit a rather low production as only 18 units will ever be built for Bentley&#8217;s more fortunate customers, in the end, Mulliner will have constructed 20 Batur, with Car Zero and Car Zero-Zero being development prototypes, it takes 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