Is this really leather?

[Michael McLaughlin]

Makes perfect sense. One of the worst offenders at the auto show was a  
Ford Fiesta with alleged leather — so bad I checked the window sticker  
twice because I couldn't believe it wasn't vinyl.

-Mike

On Feb 12, 2011, at 2:32 PM, Andrée-Anne Bourgeois wrote:

> Totally agree, but with a twist. Leather was an expensive option  
> before and
> only available on top vehicles, while now you can get leather seating
> surfaces in a Wrangler or a Focus for 750$... This means the leather  
> in
> these cars is obviously from the bottom of the food chain, maybe from
> cheap-labor foreign countries. Industrial leather, in a way...
> But there is indeed some variations among comparable vehicles : a  
> friend's
> Volvo has leather that is a close cousin to cardboard, while the  
> leather in
> our Saab is still supple and clean. Both cars are from 2001 and both  
> cars
> have beige leather.
>
> Louis-Alain
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
>
> Am I being overly critical, or has the quality of leather
> in cars gone downhill over the past few years?
>
> -Mike in Spokane, Wash.
>