This car’s cabin has over three kilometres of thread!
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350 pieces of leather are adorned to 60 bespoke components using over three kilometres of thread to make up a complete Flying Spur interior, each passing through the hands of 141 craftspeople.Image Credit: Supplied
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Customers can choose from as many as 14 interior leather hide colours, which can be complemented by a selection of 23 different colours of contrast thread.Image Credit: Supplied
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The four seats of the new Flying Spur require a total of 12 hours to assemble by hand. The embroidered Bentley wings on the seats alone comprise 5,103 individual stitches.Image Credit: Supplied
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The steering wheel gets some of the most elaborate hand-stitching and leatherwork with five metres of thread being precisely passed through 352 sew holes in order to achieve 168 distinctive cross stitches.Image Credit: Supplied
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A single steering wheel is stitched in three and a half hours by a skilled Bentley craftsperson, using a bespoke pair of needles and a motion too complicated to be replicated by machine.Image Credit: Supplied
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All leather hides found in the interior of the Flying Spur are apparently sourced from Northern European bulls, entirely as by-products of the meat industry. Bentley claims more temperate climate zones ensure there are fewer parasites and the leather remains naturally blemish free.Image Credit: Supplied
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With the use of five separate types of sewing machine, different thicknesses of thread are applied throughout the cabin, contributing to the overall level of complexity and detail.Image Credit: Supplied
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Stitches around airbag components are delicately applied with a thinner thread to ensure safety remains a prime consideration.Image Credit: Supplied
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The cabin in finished with three-dimensional diamond quilted leather door inserts inspired by the Bentley EXP 10 Speed 6 design conceptImage Credit: Supplied
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A minimum of five months training under Bentley’s Master Trainers is essential in order to reach the upmost levels of ability, and to learn the array of techniques required to craft these interiors.
