Last car to have a velour interior
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How cars are upholstered matters at lot to me when choosing a car. I thought about how things have changed as I've grown up with cars. In the old days cars often had the options of velour or leather. Plain flat cloth or synthetic leather are the choices these days. Some high end manufacturers offer a real leather option.
I was just thinking I don't really know when they phased out velour and what was the last car you could buy which had it?
I was just thinking I don't really know when they phased out velour and what was the last car you could buy which had it?
ingenieur said:
How cars are upholstered matters at lot to me when choosing a car. I thought about how things have changed as I've grown up with cars. In the old days cars often had the options of velour or leather. Plain flat cloth or synthetic leather are the choices these days. Some high end manufacturers offer a real leather option.
I was just thinking I don't really know when they phased out velour and what was the last car you could buy which had it?
The last car I bought with velour was a 1978 Alfasud Sprint. I was just thinking I don't really know when they phased out velour and what was the last car you could buy which had it?
The 1986 33 Green Cloverleaf that followed had cloth (as did most of the "sports" versions of cars at the time). Then I was into company Cavaliers, etc (all cloth)
After that, leather all the way from 1995 onwards - 200SX Tourings, C43's, E500's, my wife's Clio and my wife's Fiat 500.
TCEvo said:
Pure guess, early '90's entry-level Cadillac/Buick/Lincoln maybe?
Nah we had a '97 Saab 95 with velour interior. I also still have nightmares about routinely travelling in a 2000 406 taxi to get to an after-school job that had velour seats and they stank of BO - I'd get out to start working my shift stinking of someone else's stink - it was disgusting. My Dads new ‘78 Viva GLS had lovely & comfortable tan velour seats.
( Traded In for an uncomfortable & checkered clothed ‘Shovit’).
The early to mid eighties BL cars had velour seats... My Triumph Acclaim HLS & the Bosses SD1 spring to mind.
Even the BMW 735 had them... Leather was optional I suppose.
NB: The last cars I had with velour seats were my ‘93 Mondeo Ghia & Laguna which I owned in the early 00’s.
( Traded In for an uncomfortable & checkered clothed ‘Shovit’).
The early to mid eighties BL cars had velour seats... My Triumph Acclaim HLS & the Bosses SD1 spring to mind.
Even the BMW 735 had them... Leather was optional I suppose.
NB: The last cars I had with velour seats were my ‘93 Mondeo Ghia & Laguna which I owned in the early 00’s.
Edited by Milkyway on Wednesday 22 March 12:25
ingenieur said:
s94wht said:
Looks more like alcantara... which is also available in fake and real varieties I think. Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff