Bentley Mulliner prepares trio of debuts for Salon Prive

Bentley is set to return to the beautiful grounds of Blenheim Palace from 22 to 26 September for this year's Salon Prive, to unveil a three-strong showcase handcrafted by Bentley Mulliner.

The Bentley Mulliner Classic offering was introduced last year with the announcement - at Salon Prive - that Bentley's 1929 Team Blower was to be reborn with a new build of 12 supercharged 4.5-litre examples of the iconic car. These models, each individually handcrafted by a team of specialists from Bentley Mulliner, will form the world's first pre-war race car continuation series.

This year, the Classic portfolio will be represented by revealing the stunning result of the last 12 months of work by a dedicated team of engineers and artisan craftspeople in restoring Bentley's own Team Car, as raced by Sir Tim Birkin - the very car that provided the data and blueprints for the Continuation Series.

The Bentley Mulliner Bacalar - the rarest two-door Bentley of the modern era, and the ultimate expression of two-seat, open-air luxury - will also make its public debut at Salon Prive. This definitive Grand Tourer spearheads a return to coachbuilding by Bentley Mulliner - the oldest coachbuilder in the world.

The third branch of the business - Bentley Mulliner Collections - will continue to offer customers pinnacle luxury derivatives of the core Bentley range, such as the new Continental GT Mulliner Convertible, as well as the opportunity to personalise their new Bentley.

An expansive number of options is available across the full lineup of current production cars - from unique colour-matched paint, hide and thread combinations, to bespoke feature content. The Collections portfolio will be represented by a new model, due to be announced the week before Salon Prive.

To mark the history of Mulliner, Bentley will also bring two very special cars from the Heritage Collection. Bentley's own 1930 8.0-litre - previously the company car of W.O. Bentley himself, and wearing a HJ Mulliner body - will lead a convoy of modern Bentleys arriving at the event.

It will be joined in that procession by perhaps the most iconic Mulliner-bodied car in history - the R-Type Continental of 1952, still considered one of the most beautiful cars of all time. The fastest, four-seat sports car of the era, the R-Type's iconic beauty continues to influence design today through the Bentley Continental GT.