RE: Volkswagen Golf GTI facelift: Review

[Bladedancer]

Dale487 said:

For about £700 more you can lose the check seats and have alcantara with a red stripe or leather for about twice as much - I really like the checked seats & never saw the point of putting full leather in a Golf GTI (but the choice is nice to have)

That seat design inevitably reminds me of Merc 190 and the 80s Mercs in general.
And though I did like the 190 (especially the mad EVO II) the seat design is somehow permanently associated with a taxi in my mind.