BMW's Rolls-Royce is claiming some interior trim firsts for a batch of 55 special edition Wraith models.
Opening the rear hinged front causes light to flow from the front into the rear passenger compartment. Tudor Oak wood, sourced from the Czech Republic, and selected for its depth of colour and the density of the grain structure, is for the first time, illuminated. The light of 176 LEDs permeates through an intricately perforated design in the veneer, allowing a pattern, said to resemble the trailing light of a shooting star, to glow.
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It's linked to the controls of the starlight headliner, a handwoven configuration of 1,340 fibre optic lights which act as a glittering night sky and incorporates shooting stars into the constellation. Taking nearly 20 hours to configure, eight shooting stars fire at random, predominantly over the front seats.
Hand-woven stainless steel fabric is used on the central transmission tunnel and door panniers.
Incorporating strands which are 0.08mm – 0.19mm in diameter, this technical fibre is woven in a pattern oriented at 45 degrees, to complement the lines of the interior and provide a uniform appearance throughout the passenger compartment when viewed from either side. Taking three days to produce in a clean room environment, the fabric is manipulated to cloak the centre console, modified from use in an industrial environment to create an auto finish.
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