Luxury car marque Bentley opens new Excellence Centre for Quality & Launch

Crewe-based Bentley Motors has opened its new state-of-the-art Excellence Centre for Quality & Launch.

The new facility, opened today (February 11) by Gunnar Kilian, Member of the Board of Management at parent group Volkswagen AG, and Bentley’s Board of Management, will be pivotal to the brand’s preparations for the first Bentley BEV electric vehicle.

The world’s first Urban Luxury SUV will be launched next year and today’s opening sets a key milestone in transforming the 85-year old site for a new age of electrification.

Bentley’s Beyond100+ strategy will see the company reinvent its entire product range to support an electrified future.

The company’s new digital, zero environmental impact, manufacturing and quality facility will support new technologies and the development of Bentley’s first BEV, setting a new benchmark for best-in-class luxury cars of the future.

The Excellence Centre for Quality & Launch is located across two floors, covering a total of 8,000 sqm. The centre houses a production proving ground and a mini assembly line to test future BEV assembly.

It also includes a technical centre for future materials testing, high precision dimensional measurement, vehicle analysis and reliability.

Source: The Business Desk - Neil Hodgson