Demand for Bentley’s Mulliner personalization division is at file ranges. In keeping with Bentley, roughly three out of each 4 of its autos go away the manufacturing unit with some Mulliner touches.
With the sturdy demand, Mulliner is methods to broaden its choices. One route is the introduction of a lot extra tactile supplies and finishes.
A few of these have been used for a group of 4 Continental GT Velocity Convertibles developed by Mulliner on behalf of Southern California dealership Bentley Rancho Mirage.
Often known as the Expressions of Texture Assortment, the vehicles characteristic particular paint finishes, three-dimensional quilting, and new supplies.
Bentley Continental GT Velocity Convertible Expressions of Texture assortment
Bentley Continental GT Velocity Convertible Expressions of Texture assortment
Bentley Continental GT Velocity Convertible Expressions of Texture assortment
Standout particulars embrace a matte paint end, which Bentley mentioned takes as much as 55 hours to use. There’s additionally wafer skinny stone veneers and embossed upholstery that may create nearly any sample, together with topographic traces. One of many vehicles displays the landscapes of Coachella Valley, the place the Bentley Rancho Mirage dealership is situated. One other displays the fluid types of sand dunes sculpted by the desert wind.
In an announcement, David Parker, Mulliner’s chief industrial officer, mentioned the vehicles within the assortment function inspiration for patrons seeking to reap the benefits of the newest choices at Mulliner. For patrons brief on time however nonetheless eager on a novel automobile, Mulliner occasionally additionally launches its personal curated autos, equivalent to final 12 months’s Bentayga EWB Mulliner.
The vehicles within the assortment are primarily based on the present Continental GT Velocity Convertible, however an up to date model packing a V-8 plug-in hybrid powertrain as an alternative of the standard W-12 engine has been revealed. It is due on sale subsequent 12 months.