Built on the technical basis of the Diavel V4, the bike has been given many of the styling elements that characterize the Batur, a model produced in a very limited series that anticipates Bentley’s future styling trends. It will be produced in a numbered and limited series of 500+50 units, the latter reserved for Bentley customers.
The choice of the Diavel V4 as the base bike for this Ducati special edition probably came from the notion that Bentley is not the kind of brand that would associate itself with something called a “Streetfighter”, which was the model used by Ducati in some of its other special editions, including its collaboration with Lamborghini.
Its name derives from the Italian for “devil”, which doesn’t seem to fit Bentley’s idealization, but – let’s face it – the marketing department in Borgo Panigale wasn’t exactly spoiled for choice when trying to find a bike in Ducati’s range that would fit the image of its British partners.
So we have Bentley’s Diavel, and it’s pretty much what you’d expect. Ducati has used the base of the Diavel V4 – which produces 168 hp from the 1,158 cc Granturismo V4, which is also a tensioning element of the aluminum frame – and painted it in British Racing Green (actually, it’s called “Scarab Green”, but you get the idea).
It may have only been launched a month ago, but Bentley’s Ducati Diavel has already sold out. With a production run of 500 units, the special edition bike was based on the Ducati Diavel V4 and is priced at €67,490.52.