Flying Spur V8’s leather uses 3km of thread
Bentley’s new Flying Spur V8 has entered full production at the Crewe headquarters, which the company claims is the first carbon neutral factory for luxury car manufacture.
A team of craftspeople assemble each new Flying Spur V8 by hand, taking over 100 hours across 84 stages.
It takes 141 craftspeople using three kilometres of thread to combine 350 leather pieces to make the 60 components that form the interior.
The new refrigerated bottle cooler can be found between the rear seats behind the centre armrest and leather trimmed tables are mounted into the rear of the front seat.
Peter Bosch, a director of manufacturing at Bentley, said: “Around 100 hours of skilled handcraftsmanship go into each and every Flying Spur, in a factory running entirely on renewable or sustainably-sourced power.
"The Flying Spur V8 becomes our tenth model in production at the moment, and we’re really looking forward to getting the first cars to their lucky new owners.”
