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Fact of the week
Some Bentley customers choose to have a cross-stitch finish on the seats of their car and the interior in general, this costs an extra £2,705 on a Continental GT.
It takes one skilled craftsman or craftswoman a whole week to hand embroider one single car interior. They have to wear special gloves to protect their fingers.
Each component is decorated with one continuous thread. Finding a knot in the thread means they have to unpick all the stitching and start again.
It takes thread the length of three football pitches to decorate one car.
It takes one skilled craftsman or craftswoman a whole week to hand embroider one single car interior. They have to wear special gloves to protect their fingers.
Each component is decorated with one continuous thread. Finding a knot in the thread means they have to unpick all the stitching and start again.
It takes thread the length of three football pitches to decorate one car.
