When Bentley Prefers to Hide Its Modernity

Hide this cutting-edge digital screen that I can’t stand to see! The solution at Bentley is simply to rotate it.

While the general public continues to be enthusiastic about ever larger infotainment screens, Bentley is not afraid to conceal them. The Bentley rotating display, developed for the Flying Spur and Continental GT, has become one of the manufacturer’s most popular options, with approximately 70% of customers choosing to equip their car with this innovative system.

It took the in-house engineers more than three years to develop this system, which consists of 153 individual components to form a three-sided rotating screen. The patent filed for this mechanism mentions the alignment of each face with a tolerance of +/- 0.3 mm. Cutting-edge technology at the push of a simple button.

This unique feature offers customers the option to choose between a sleek and elegant precious wood panel, a 12.3-inch primary infotainment touchscreen, or a set of three analog gauges including an outside thermometer, a compass, and a stopwatch. A technological leap of nearly a century, all in just one rotation.

Three distinct but connected movements are necessary. The first retracts the unit into the dashboard to provide clearance for rotation, before the unit’s motors reposition it properly. Like the engine, this engineering component has its dedicated electronic control unit (ECU).

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