UKBentley has released the interior details of the Torcal, the first electric car in the company’s history, ahead of its reveal on 23 September 2026. The centrepiece is a cloth: Bentley says the Torcal is offered with the world’s first 100% merino wool automotive fabric to meet the standards required of a luxury car, and the first automotive wool fabric certified to the Responsible Wool Standard.
The wool, and why it is unusual
Wool has appeared in car interiors before, almost always blended with synthetic fibres to survive the abrasion, sunlight and cleaning that a car seat gets and a suit does not. Bentley’s claim is about the unblended version passing those tests. The fabric was developed with Fox Brothers, a Somerset mill founded in the 18th century, and comes in six colourways, each built from tones within a single colour family. Bentley describes the result as softer, more breathable and warmer to the touch than leather.
Two decorative finishes arrive with it. Ombre Veneer presses up to 1,000 individually selected layers of walnut off-cuts and recycled paper into a block, then slices it to under a millimetre; the cut runs through four shades of walnut, from near-black through dark and light smoke to the natural timber. Sunburst Aluminium is a Mulliner finish that reworks the engine-turned metal dashboards Bentley used decades ago.
One control system for the whole cabin
The Torcal also introduces the Curation Engine, which Bentley describes as a single system governing lighting, sound, climate, air quality, screen content, suspension and powertrain response together rather than as separate settings. It runs four modes. Bentley is the default; Comfort softens the lighting and offers a digital-detox setting that strips information off the screens; Sport sharpens the soundtrack and the displays. The fourth, Refresh, is exclusive to the Torcal and increases fresh-air circulation while brightening the cabin lighting, aimed at fatigue on long drives.
Bentley has not yet published the Torcal’s powertrain, range or price. The car is a mid-size SUV positioned below the Bentayga, and becomes the marque’s fourth model line alongside the Continental GT, Flying Spur and Bentayga. It will be assembled at Bentley’s factory in Crewe, which the company committed to electric production in 2022 as part of a £2.5 billion investment. The full reveal is on 23 September 2026.
