Why so much dislike for tan/Brown leather interiors?

[Black_S3]

redback911 said:

Had tan on a Porsche a couple of years back, looked good to me but the dealer mentioned the color combo had never been ordered before.



The Brits have little imagination, most of the Porsche's in the showroom are all black interiors.

Not sure that's down to lack of imagination, people are just wary of speccing car colours that will affect resale and I bet there's many factory combos that finance companies wont entertain.

[Chestrockwell]

Black_S3 said:

redback911 said:

Had tan on a Porsche a couple of years back, looked good to me but the dealer mentioned the color combo had never been ordered before.



The Brits have little imagination, most of the Porsche's in the showroom are all black interiors.

Not sure that's down to lack of imagination, people are just wary of speccing car colours that will affect resale and I bet there's many factory combos that finance companies wont entertain.

Judging by the numerous Porsche threads about specs, re sale and pricing, I think people see how good the residuals on Porsche’s and lose their heads when speccing them, on AT, every single 911 looks the same bar a few GT models. There’s so many threads about specs and ongoing discussions on what box to tick. I don’t think it’s us brits being unimaginative, I think it’s wanting to get an extra 5/10/15 grand come resale time. Fair enough but if I could afford to buy a brand new Porsche, I’d be able to afford the loss so I’d decide in the dealership there and then, but then again, it’s sort of like deciding what you want to eat, if you’re hungry, you do take your time and study the menu, nothing wrong with that !

Back on topic, I love brown and cream interiors but only with the right colours, mostly blue unless it’s a Ferrari. Usually after I play the Euro millions, I end up on the Porsche configurator and every time I end up with a Miami blue 911 Turbo S cab with cream leather.

[Mr Tidy]

Black_S3 said:

Not sure that's down to lack of imagination, people are just wary of speccing car colours that will affect resale and I bet there's many factory combos that finance companies wont entertain.

Probably more due to people "renting" cars then!

I really don't like the black leather default choice, but tan/brown wasn't for me either.

One of mine has Pearl Grey leather, the other has Lemon leather.

[unrepentant]

I like it.

[Mr Tidy]

unrepentant said:

I like it.

I'm not a fan!

[aeropilot]

Mr Tidy said:

In 1979 I got a Mexico Brown Rover P6B 3500S with tan PVC interior - it was even worse, but at least it had a V8.

Don't you mean leather......?

Never seen a P6 with PVC interior, only leather or the cloth option after the 'box-pleat' interior was introduced. Back in the 70's one of our neighbour's had a new red 3500S with beige brushed nylon cloth 'box pleat' seats.

[Zippee]

unrepentant said:

I like it.

I've seen that before on a vantage and it really does look good.

[K50 DEL]

Black leather interior only for me, with red highlight stitching if possible but I wouldn't even go to see a car with an interior colour other than that.

May be boring, but I've got to spend the time in it, and the last thing I want is some tan / cream / red abomination grating on me every time I open the door.

[Brave Fart]

K50 DEL said:

Black leather interior only for me, with red highlight stitching if possible but I wouldn't even go to see a car with an interior colour other than that.

May be boring, but I've got to spend the time in it, and the last thing I want is some tan / cream / red abomination grating on me every time I open the door.

Agreed. I would never look at, let alone buy a car with a leather interior that was brown, tan, red (double yuck!)..........possibly Ivory interior in a big car like a Range Rover, with a body colour such as Loire Blue.
Silver exterior, black leather interior; perfect. I don't even like alcantara.

[Mothersruin]

I had the Cocoa interior in my last Porsche and it was stunning - had to spec all the silly bits as you do with a Porsche but it was a lovely interior, far more luxurious than the usual black leather.

[RicksAlfas]

K50 DEL said:

May be boring, but I've got to spend the time in it,

Each to their own.
That's exactly why I wouldn't want black!

[Fast Bug]

Black_S3 said:

Not sure that's down to lack of imagination, people are just wary of speccing car colours that will affect resale and I bet there's many factory combos that finance companies wont entertain.

Finance companies don't care, with the masses of dull spec cars they do the occasional oddball combo won't break the bank

[aeropilot]

RicksAlfas said:

K50 DEL said:

May be boring, but I've got to spend the time in it,

Each to their own.
That's exactly why I wouldn't want black!

Snap.

[Dannbodge]

Earthdweller said:

I love a light interior it lifts the car so much over a black coal scuttle

I have beige in my X3 .. I think it’s lovely

But then I also have blue in my Zed

I've got Syrah blue leather in my E90 (think it's the same as yours). It's very marmite but I love it.

[soxboy]

redback911 said:

Had tan on a Porsche a couple of years back, looked good to me but the dealer mentioned the color combo had never been ordered before.



The Brits have little imagination, most of the Porsche's in the showroom are all black interiors.

That works very well due to the black on the upper dash and steering wheel. Porsches (and other Germans) really went OTT in the 1990s by colour coding as much as possible, leading to these:

[DaveyBoyWonder]

I own a mk5 Golf GTI with the rare (and often hated) cream interior. I went to view it with an open mind but vs its black seated brothers it feels like such a bright and airey place to be, especially with the sun roof. In the wife's words, you wouldn't decorate your house with black walls, floor and seats so why the car?

I must be odd - when I was looking to buy my previous BMW I really wanted a Le Mans blue with cream interior 330i. Just looked lovely. Weirdly I'm half thinking about changing the Golf now and a 3 series touring is on the list - Le Mans blue with cream interior being top of the list of wants.

Do agree that it doesn't work in every car though.

[AC43]

DaveyBoyWonder said:

I own a mk5 Golf GTI with the rare (and often hated) cream interior. I went to view it with an open mind but vs its black seated brothers it feels like such a bright and airey place to be, especially with the sun roof. In the wife's words, you wouldn't decorate your house with black walls, floor and seats so why the car?

I must be odd - when I was looking to buy my previous BMW I really wanted a Le Mans blue with cream interior 330i. Just looked lovely. Weirdly I'm half thinking about changing the Golf now and a 3 series touring is on the list - Le Mans blue with cream interior being top of the list of wants.

Do agree that it doesn't work in every car though.

That's one of my favourite combo's. I stumbled across it when I bought my current car and really love it. I was actually looking for a grey one with black leather and a pano but ended up with something completely different.

The pale leather was almost essential in my book (along with the light headlining) this one had no sunroof. I had a black/black/black on once on hire and it felt like a bunker, to me, anyway.

[16v stretch]

I've never bought new so never had the choice.

My Z4 and Q50 had black leather, my 3 series has white, A8 has blue.

Whenever I go on a fantasy configuration spree I don't think I've ever configured one with black leather.

[AC43]

Brave Fart said:

red (double yuck!)..........

Not my favourite. My BIL was showing me his new 4 series one day. It looked gorgeous in what is (to me) that timeless BMW gunmetal colour and it sat on the right rims. But then he opened the door and it was overwhelmingly red. Aaaaaaarrrrghh!!! He genuinely liked it but everyone else just took the piss.

Brave Fart said:

possibly Ivory interior in a big car like a Range Rover, with a body colour such as Loire Blue.

Totally

Brave Fart said:

Silver exterior, black leather interior; perfect.

The only option in my book.

[anonymous-user]

16v stretch said:

Whenever I go on a fantasy configuration spree I don't think I've ever configured one with black leather.

Snap. The point about "would you want a room in your house with a black floor, walls, seats, and ceiling" seems about right. I might have done at 15