Nari

Seems like every luxury car manufacturer has shunned base cloth interiors. Cooler in the summer, warmer in the winter and can look like new 10 years later. What gives?

1StGenCL

Cloth looks like hell in a few years. My company car has cloth and while I'm clean, still looks rough but you are correct, no wrinkles.

justnspace

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I'm so royal, I can only sit on purple cloth.

Do you know how many movie theaters have purple cloth seats?

gatrhumpy

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Leather is luxurious.

Moog-Type-S

Leatherette if maintained will look the best longer compared to cloth or leather.

Who wants cloth?

oonowindoo

bitch to clean.

Same reason why people prefer hardwood floor over carpet now.

It is more luxurious.... whatever that means.

Chief F1 Fan

cloth holds in stains, odors, and is definitely not warmer than leather. Ever try sliding into a car with cloth seats in the winter wearing a suit and a wool overcoat? Not easy. I'd never drive a car w/ cloth seats again.

justnspace

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my toilet paper is purple

Moog-Type-S

Wool overcoat?

Who wears that?

I've worn a wind-breaker once in a while during the winter

mrmako

Having both my opinion is split. The Volvo has leather, and is pretty soft but some of the piping has worn after only 23K on the clock. But they are heated.

The Subie has cloth, and even in winter, it does not feel cold. But the seats hug me better, no slipping.

JS + XES

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Cloth seats are nasty.

Sarlacc

Cloth seats of today do not wear like cloth seats of yore.

When I had my prius the cloth was starting to wear and age in less than years...garbage. While the cloth in my 97 JGC are holding up quite well...much better quality.

But I prefer leather/leatherette for many reasons as my other two vehicles are leather. That said...there is a quality to leather/fake leather as well. And many companies cheap on that, too.

charliemike

Welcome to 1988.

oo7spy

MTEAZY

I like cloth. It's used in overseas luxury cars.

Costco

I'll agree that in a luxury car, leather is more befitting. But I personally prefer cloth, more specifically alcantara. I generally find it more comfortable. I think the worst leather seats come from MB... great durability, but bolsters are lacking, but so uncomfortable to sit in.

For the same reason Chief said, while you can slide around with leather, I've found myself planted in turns with alcantara or cloth seats. The bolsters are leather though, so best of both worlds, I guess.

My favorite seats tend to be Recaro factory options or highly bolstered seats... other than the ones in the pics to follow, I love the Evo X Recaro.

Love the CTS-V Recaro



This looks lovely as well (Golf R)

VR1

Suede > all

gnuts

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cloth seats hold in farts.

SuperTrooper169

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I'd take alcantara over any other material if I had the choice. Leather/fake leather tends to crack and cloth is just meh.

JS + XES

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BRZ Alcantara is niceeeeeee.

SuperTrooper169

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Maybe luxury cars should start having sheep skin as an option. Or angora rabbit. That'd be soooooo exotic.

Costco

Perforated leather is nice, but I find stuff gets clogged in it over time. The nice thing about cloth is that you can just get a steam cleaner and thoroughly clean it out. When you're done there's zero smell in a 10 year old seat.

Hell yes that, fog lights and the keyless entry swayed me into getting a Limited.

I was going to post a pic, but didn't want to seem biased.

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I'm biased. Blow me.

Costco

You're asking a man to do what now? :theghey:

Costco

Some of my favorite seats:

JDM ITR


Evo X GSR - so good that STi guys put them in their cars


E36 M3 Vader

oonowindoo

My favorite!

if you can't fit into those seat means you are hurting S2000's performance.

JS + XES

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I fit fine for like first 30 minutes. Then I start to get backache.

The only reason why I didn't get one.

vwong

I love these seats.

Will Y.

I like leather, especially perforated leather-- except when driving in a spirited fashion.
The TL's seats were made for someone a little more bottom-heavy and wider, so I slide a bit and have to adjust or brace when autocrossing.




Maybe I should get cloth or sheepskin covers to use when autocrossing.

RPhilMan1

I like leather - especially in Recaro form.

Aman

The ability to slide in leather makes getting in and out easier for me. But both my Jetta and Passat's seats look brand-new after 11 years. Were they leather instead, they'd be wrinkled, and maybe cracked.

MaxMike93

Main thing of why I stay away from cloth is keeping it clean. My mom's Highlander back seats are stained from my dog jumping all over the back, and I've tried using Blue Coral cleaner on them multiple times. My seats are clean since I take care of my leather seats, and also if you spill anything on leather it will wipe right off, meanwhile cloth would probably be ruined. I've been in new Q50s at work and I'll admit that the full leather interior has a better feel than the leatherette, and one of my coworkers doesn't care for the leatherette at all. But I don't think it's the worst thing.

Ken1997TL

I loved the old cloth seats the late 80's Accord and Prelude used. It aged well and was very comfortable.

Sarlacc

Those adjustable bolsters in the 3rd gen prelude still make for one of my favorite seats ever.

Those were great seats.

The cloth in my 89 accord were pretty great, too.

Ken1997TL

Yep, those bolsters were great. I just barely fit

Yeah, I had an '88 Accord which was extremely comfortable (though underpowered) for long distance driving.

350

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I prefer leather seats in the car, all of my vehicles have had leather or vinyl, but one thing I'll never buy is a leather couch, give me cloth there.