The newest Mulliner-designed Bentley is the prettiest car to emerge from Crewe since the EXP 10 Speed 6 first appeared five years ago. One look at the profile is enough; the car’s design language is a patois of touring car and performance car vernacular. It’s also both stodgily aristocratic and youthfully expressive—but definitely more of the latter. It may be the most dashing Bentley to emerge this century.

It’s called the Bacalar. Its namesake is a particularly fantastical tropical resort city in Mexico, and the car does look something like a romantic fantasy on wheels. It picks up where the Continental drop-top leaves off, and it takes more chances when it comes to visuals, with pronounced roof cowls, new air intakes, and a dramatically flared back end. The fascia is very sporty, with a subtext that tips the hat to golden age traditionalism. It’s a kitchen sink approach, albeit a graceful one.

The Bacalar’s cosmetic execution brings all kinds of interesting stuff to the table. The paint uses rice husk ash to achieve its shimmer, domestically sourced wool and leather sheaths the seats, and the trim is ‘sinker’ wood, which is harvested from reclaimed waterlogged trees, and familiar to anyone who loves high-end guitars.

The car’s engine is the familiar Bentley beast, the W12 biturbo, but in this case it has been tuned to deliver more juice than the Continental GT: 650 horsepower, and 667 pound-feet of torque. The gearbox is the Continental GT’s eight-speed dual-clutch.

Another notable detail: the Bacalar is roofless—permanently. For those lucky enough to own the pinnacle of Bentley engineering, the sun shines every day.

Bentley will produce only 12 examples of the Bacalar; the sticker price is $1.9 million. According to the automaker, all examples have been sold.