Purple reign at Bentley Motors
Leather craftspeople at high-end car brand Bentley Motors were part of a project to develop an eye-catching recent bespoke interior.
A customer in the UK commissioned a new Continental GTC Speed convertible and specifically asked for a distinctive colour, a purple tone for which Bentley uses the name Violette.
It said this colour had been used in the past and paid tribute to technicians in its in-house paint shop for recreating it. It explained that its paint experts can can resurrect any colour from Bentley’s history, using either master samples held on file or by remastering from an existing car.
Technicians in the company’s leather workshop responded to this by sourcing a hide in a tone they have described as Tanzanite Purple, to reflect the colour of the car’s exterior. They used this colour in the centre console, the door panels, the steering wheel and seat backs.
To complement this, the technicians also used linen-coloured leather on the seats, steering wheel and centre console “to enhance the richness of the purple”.
Accents of lilac leather are also woven throughout the cabin, including in the gear lever and steering wheel, “adding depth and refinement to the bespoke interior”, Bentley said.
