Revered as a stockbroking savant before famously being embroiled in controversy, there's a reason this car looks like it means business.

Adjusted for inflation, this one-of-one Bentley cost over $1,000,000 new.

It’s something that royalty – and only the elite – get the chance of commissioning for personal use. With that in mind, it’s easy to see why most examples were ordered in mundane and boring colour combinations.

You can only imagine how uptight and stiff those types were in the 1980s when deciding what colour to order their next Bentley in. It’s why most were specified in a boring shade of silver; with an equally-boring light interior, and with god-awful timber inlays that belong more in a furniture store than in a big, badass and turbocharged Bentley.

Cue Rene Rivkin however, a power-broking celebrity stock trader who came into obscene wealth and power in the 1980s. Famous for his on-air shenanigans with John Singleton, his eccentric personality saw him furnish his lavish abodes with the finest of art from Sotheby’s and only the best cars Bentley, Rolls-Royce and Ferrari.

Story goes that Rivkin wondered into Eggerton’s in London – a now-defunct coach-builder that bodied Bentleys pre-war and later became a retailer – and commissioned this car for his London residence. Referenced in his biography, ‘The Bentley’ was chauffeur-driven and escorted Rivkin’s distinguished guests to-and-from Heathrow when in town, and also around local districts like Park Lane to peruse its wares.

This special-order example features many one-off options like a large ‘writing’ table with matching ebony and red highlights, a double-decanter pack with custom-made holder for drinking on the go (in the back), and a custom-made storage area designed specifically to house millions of CDs.

Rene was massively into his music. On top of many, many unique options, this car was also ordered in black, with a full custom colour interior featuring extremely rare ebony black inlays, red-on-red leather and Mushroom-coloured headlining, and a hand-painted ‘thick over thin’ body stripes in his own signature colour.

Such examples rarely exist because characters like Rene Rivkin – with the means and mind to order such a vehicle – are just as rare, too. After use in the United Kingdom, Rivkin personally imported the car into Australia in the late 1990s where it was famously seen around the big ends of town right-until his death.

Not many are bold enough to order their $1,000,000+ car truly for themselves – but this is one such instance.