Topic:
Architecture
Year:
21 March 2025
Heritage in Flux
The Bentley EXP 15 is not just a new concept car — it’s a speculative answer to a complex question: What becomes of legacy when the engine disappears? Bentley's electric future doesn't abandon its past; it refracts it through a new design vocabulary that’s both reverent and bold. Rather than wrapping an EV drivetrain in tradition, EXP 15 proposes a new kind of luxury — fluid, sculptural, and unafraid of contradiction.
With a fastback silhouette, three-seat layout, and illuminated surfaces that breathe with the vehicle’s state, the EXP 15 dissolves the sedan archetype and introduces a form more attuned to time, light, and motion. Under the guidance of Design Director Robin Page, the team at Bentley Motors Design Studio blends deep automotive memory with the spatial codes of sustainable mobility. What emerges is a body that suggests more than speed — it hints at presence.
A Language of Light and Craft
Bentley’s signature matrix grille lives on — but it glows now. Each diamond facet within the EXP 15’s front grille is programmable, transforming functional airflow into kinetic light art. Paired with crystalline headlamps that refract light like sculpted glass, the entire front fascia becomes a living interface — one that breathes, signals, and aligns itself with the vehicle’s emotional state. This is no longer about "looking premium" — it's about making emotion visible through form.
Inside, a radical 1+2 seating layout opens up the cabin like a lounge, while the wing-shaped dashboard unfurls like a sculpture in flight. Large glass panels serve as dynamic displays, hovering within crafted wood, bronze-toned metal, and reinterpreted Bentley quilting. Sustainability is not decoration here — it’s embedded into every material decision. Even the tailgate transforms: a mobile social space with jump seats, mood lighting, and a concealed champagne fridge, ready to redefine how time is spent when the car is still.
