3D Wood Trim for the 2021 Bentley Flying Spur
Nowadays, the gap between what a model belonging to a luxury brand offers and the more affluent versions of models produced by so-called generic brands has shrunk considerably. In fact, you often find almost the same level of equipment in the later, while the quality of finish is comparable.
For a real difference, you have to go to the top-level luxury manufacturers such as Rolls-Royce and Bentley, where you can often find really different things. Given the prices these companies sell their products for, they don't really have a choice.
The latest innovation that caught our attention has to do with the 2021 Bentley Flying Spur, which features what the company calls "three-dimensional wood". In fact, the wood trim in the doors has the same effect as the quilted leather in the seats, which has a diamond-shaped pattern. The effect is quite dramatic.
To achieve this effect, each quarter panel is made from a single block of wood; Bentley uses either walnut or American cherry wood. The first step in creating this component involves machining the back of the log to match a die-cast aluminum door panel template. It’s then glued to this template, and then the work of skilled craftsmen begins. They carve the wood on its three-dimensional surface with a multi-axis router with a tolerance of 0.1 mm. They then finish the cuts by hand to obtain a perfect result. Finally, lacquer is applied to achieve the colour and texture desired by Bentley.
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