Station Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 Leather - Cloth - Velour - Vinyl - Alcantara I prefer Velour anyday over leather. Whoever designed/invented this fabric, should be knighted (with a velour sword). (PS, the poll function doesn't work).
Station Posted January 21, 2015 Author Posted January 21, 2015 "I would drape myself in Velour, if it were socially acceptable" Bamboocarman, jonny69, Magnificent Rustbucket and 1 other 4
doobietoo Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 Although i like full leather it has to be heated but my fave is the leather with cloth inserts....
MarvinsMom Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 even though 3 of the 4 cars i own have peeled cow seats, i do prefer velour. deffo.
Bucketeer Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 New velour or well cleaned older velour is lovely.Mucky used velour, most likely clogged with other peoples skin, hair etc is rank.Leather should only be used for coating cows. Bamboocarman 1
Lord Sterling Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 Depends on the car; Big executive machines: leather Mid-sized cars: velour or leather Small runabouts: velour Bamboocarman 1
Spiny Norman Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 Velour, alcantara, cloth, dead cow, in that order.Velour is pure WIN. Warm in winter and cool in summer without having to resort to poncy heated & cooled seats, and excellent grip. They're alse very hard wearing.At 165k miles this Volvo's seat bases were worn and distorted, but the material was 100%.
Timewaster Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 Leather can be so varied though. A comfort worn jag that has just had a hide treatment is a lovely place to sit.Some more mainstream cars with "leather" is a job to tell if it is real or vinyl. In the latter, velour every time. Also there is something just right about some of the tweediness of an eighties Peugeot. Bamboocarman 1
Inspector Morose Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 Leather with centre velour panels. And an alcantara roof lining and dash. rml2345 1
chaseracer Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 Driving Lord Sterling's Mercedes last weekend reminded me how pleasant leather upholstery can be.
warren t claim Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 Depends on the car. I prefer the seats in a 1.6 205gti over the donkey scrotum covered chairs fitted to the 1.9. Timewaster 1
Sigmund Fraud Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 Alcantara is best for me, but velour comes a close second. Cloth is the poor man's velour. Vinyl has to be the shite option : too cold in the winter, too hot in the summer, too slippery at all times. I'm not a fan of leather at all, an excellent material for a jacket or a sofa but a really bad choice for car seats.
Magnificent Rustbucket Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 Leather>velour>>>>>>tweed>>>>>>>cloth>>vinyl. Alcantara makes a lovely headlining, but it's not for seats Really though it depends on the car. Some cars are definitely better with leather. Jags particularly. The leather used on Jags up till the very last XJ40s (some got X300 leather - hard wearing, but feels like vinyl) takes on a lovely patina and both smells and feels good. They're just not as nice with tweed or the half leather-half velour of the later cars. Some cars are better with velour. Mercedes W116/W126 I would definitely want with velour. I really like the velour they used in that era of Mercedes for the style and colours - and general feel. They're bloody nice cars with it - and the leather they used wasn't my favourite. For me, the pinnacle of Velour this side of the Atlantic was probably Opel. They did some marvellous velour interiors in the Senator and Monza - and even in posh spec Rekords. Imaginative colours and good to sit on. So good in fact, I would probably end up sitting in the car just to stroke the seats every now and then as a recreational activity. But really Europe was only ever playing at it. When it comes to the truly great velour interiors, nothing can touch the great US of A. Opel is merely in the foothills of the Carpathians in comparison to the full Himalayan heights of velouriousness America has achieved. Tweed looks good, but long held memories of the tweed back seat of my dad's 505STI all itchy and scratchy when I was a kid, puts me off. The west of England style cloth in the 604 V6 SL was altogether more civilised - but the 604 itself is a car better with leather. Bamboocarman 1
DS20 Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 Unless it's the horrible type, leather. When there is spillage / vomitousness, there's a much better chance of not having to sell the car if the upholstery is leather. Vinyl is good for this too, but it's not as nice as leather. alf892 1
rml2345 Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 I think Velour - Alcantara - Leather - Tweed - Cloth - Vinyl. Mainly because Vinyl is horrorsome and should only be used for making records. A special mention must go to Volvo for the half leather half deep pile bath towel they used in my last 940 as it was rather nice. cms206 1
Craig the Princess Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Velour, tweed, vinyl, cloth then leather. The Ambassador's tweed seats are very comfortable (when steering while being pushed from one garage to another). Only got leather in th Saab which is nice but a bit cold. Opinions may change when I try a Jag.
steve_earwig Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Old foam rubber with springs sticking through it. At this point I must confess to not knowing the difference between kloff and veleourgh. Oh and alleycatdo or whatever it is. Use of 70's cars in the explanation would be appreciated, ta muchly. I thought there was just veynul (argh! The sun's been shining and now it's taken the skin off the back of my legs!), clough (Hmm, interesting stains) and levver (mmm, leathery goodness, just add brown sauce, yum)
vulgalour Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Velour is best! Unless you're wearing leather jeans, in which case all surfaces become Teflon. Then that fabulous grey tweed in the BX. Unless you're wearing a tweed jacket in which case you end up stuck to the seat. Bamboocarman, 155V6 and Bobthebeard 3
overrun Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Leather - Cloth - Velour - Vinyl - Alcantara I prefer Velour anyday over leather. Whoever designed/invented this fabric, should be knighted (with a velour sword). (PS, the poll function doesn't work).You are Zaap Brannigan. No debate.1/2 leather and Alcan, for me.
overrun Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Velour! hqdefault.jpgDamn. Too late! AlabamaShrimp 1
Junkman Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Whoever designed/invented this fabric, should be knighted (with a velour sword). It was invented in France. In Lyon in 1844, to be exact.See, now you are disappointed. As for the poll that isn't one, it's anything but leather for me, please.Leather is for the chauffeur.
beko1987 Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Velour! However, I have always wanted to try a car with REALLY squishy leather seats, like an early Mondeo or Scorpio or XM. Only leather I've had was in the puma and it was so slidey it got annoying!
Inspector Morose Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Moquette. anonymous user and rml2345 2
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