Can a dodgy interior put you off a car?

[anonymous-user]

So, I think I found the perfect car for me on paper. Turbocharged, RWD, manual, 4 doors, huge after market and even light enough that using it for the occasional track day isn't a completely horrible idea.

It's the Toyota Chaser JZX100. For a 90s Japanese saloon they even look surprisingly handsome.



The catch? Seemingly when you open the doors and go to have a sit inside:






Stripy cloth seats with matching cloth door cars, acres of dull grey plastic, light sprinkling of fake wood/Carbon fibre and the overwhelming sense that it will feel like sitting in a low rent mini cab.

I've had Jap cars before, but this looks really crap. Like 'it belongs in a mid 90s Avensis crap,' not the 'crap but since its a high end car at least they were trying' that I'm used to and its really, really putting me off them despite nearly everything being perfect.

And of on top of everything they're rare in the UK, meaning the first time I'm likely to sit in one is when I'm driving it loading it on a trailer at the docks...

I'm interested in hearing other people's thoughts on this.

[anonymous-user]

For a daily driver interior comfort and ergonomics are among the most important aspects for me, but I guess if it has enough other positive attributes I might still buy it. It's an odd person who doesn't consider the environment in which they will spend all of their time when using the car to be important. I do think certain aspects of interior design and materials are rather overstated by motoring journalists desperately looking for something to differentiate largely identical cars though. The first few times I was in a modern Audi from all the uber hype about the interior I expected to come away impressed, however they always seem to be much the same in terms of material and quality to any higher end mainstream car with several quite serious ergonomic faults.

I have always found Jaguar interiors to be a big selling point of the car though, also modern Volvos.

[anonymous-user]

vtecyo said:

You don't buy a Chaser for the interior. You buy it for the fabulous engine, noise, chassis, tuneability, rareness, etc.

https://video.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-xfp1/v/t42.1790-...

Noises like that shouldn't really be coming from a 4 door family saloon with a Toyota badge, should they?

Sod the interior, I'm going to do it .

[anonymous-user]

I think these have been posted in similar PH threads, but never the less they are still horrific.

Audi D2 S8 Final Edition interiors as fitted by the factory...