Bentley has released video of the building of a body-in-white of its new Mulsanne saloon at its factory in Crewe, Cheshire. The flagship model is made from high-strength steel and aluminium, and assembled using a combination of traditional British craftsmanship and robotic tools.
The body alone takes 125 man-hours to create, according to Bentley, and the cars’ high-quality appearance can only be assured by hand and eye methods impracticable to mass-manufactured vehicles.
The front wings are superformed by heating aluminium to 500°C and forcing it on to a single surface tool using air pressure.
‘The quality of this type of work has earned Crewe’s craftsmen the rare distinction of a medal from the British Institute of Sheet Metal Engineering,’ says Bentley.
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