Bentley has teased another look at the Torcal, its first-ever fully electric vehicle, ahead of its global reveal on September 23, 2026 and this time, Bentley has focused on the cabin. The message is clear: switching from an internal-combustion engine to electric power won’t change what buyers expect from a Bentley.
The Torcal EV will still use leather and wood, but Bentley has also developed new materials that bring something entirely different to the cabin and which no other brand has ever done. There is no confirmation for the Torcal’s local arrival, but it is likely to launch here shortly after the global event.
World’s first luxury urban SUV
Bentley describes the Torcal EV as the world’s first “luxury urban SUV”. It will sit below the larger Bentayga and use a standalone, two-row crossover body measuring just under five metres long.
The company has built it on Volkswagen Group’s PPE (Premium Platform Electric) architecture, which it shares with the upcoming electric Porsche Cayenne and Audi Q6 e-tron.
Bentley has kept the official specifications under wraps until the September 2026 reveal, but the Torcal is heavily tipped to use the top-tier PPE dual-motor setup, with close to 850kW and 1500Nm of output. The expected target also includes more than 480km of range and an 800V charging system capable of adding 160km of range in less than seven minutes.
In a first, Merino wool enters the Bentley cabin
Bentley will continue using traditional materials such as leather and wood, but the Torcal, in a world-first move, introduces 100% Merino wool upholstery to the luxury brand.
Bentley worked with Fox Brothers, a Somerset-based cloth maker with a history of working with wool dating back to the 1700s, and together, they developed a new, much more durable weave.
The material also achieved 100% certification under the Responsible Wool Standard, and Bentley will offer it in six new interior colour options.
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New veneer uses walnut off-cuts
The Torcal also introduces Ombre Veneer in which Bentley has combined sustainably sourced walnut off-cuts with recycled paper. More than 1000 individual layers go into the process before Bentley presses them together and slices the finished material to less than one millimetre thick, and the result blends four shades of walnut:
- Deep black
- Dark smoke
- Light smoke
- Natural walnut
The shades flow into one another to create a different pattern for every vehicle.
Aluminium gets a new treatment
Another Torcal first comes from Mulliner, Bentley’s in-house bespoke coachbuilding division. The Sunburst Aluminium by Mulliner reinterprets Bentley’s traditional engine-turned aluminium dashboards with a special three-way brushing pattern, which almost mimics a metal-interwoven carbon fibre matrix.
Australia launch likely
Bentley Australia has not yet confirmed the Torcal’s exact local launch date or pricing, but it is highly likely to arrive here as Bentley already builds right-hand-drive cars at its Crewe factory in the UK. Local buyers can expect order books to open soon after the September 2026 global launch, with showroom deliveries likely following later in 2027.
The Torcal is estimated to cost around $350,000 to $400,000 before on-road costs and local luxury car tax, placing it below the Bentayga SUV.
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