Rolls-Royce's Use of Wood in Design Details

Rolls-Royce typically incorporates wood in specific areas of its vehicle design, depending on design requirements or client needs. This wood is sourced from globally selected, flawless, and beautifully grained logs such as walnut, oak, maple, and bamboo. These logs undergo dozens of hand-polishing, soaking, and drying processes to create wood veneer panels that are warm to the touch, elegantly understated in appearance, and possess a deep, mirror-like sheen.

Generally, wood is used in the following areas of a Rolls-Royce: center console, steering wheel details, door linings, front and rear center armrests, rear folding tables, rear seat backrests, and trunk trim.

Rolls-Royce maintains extremely high quality control over the wood used. For key areas of the same car, the wood veneer panels must come from similar sections of the same log and be meticulously polished and joined by craftsmen to ensure continuous, smooth, symmetrical grain and consistent color. These GOODWOOD pieces, sourced from GOODWOOD, combine the beautiful grain of naturally grown wood with the technologically advanced mechanical components of Rolls-Royce, creating world-class automotive works of art.