Light colored interiors
Discussion
I'm out shopping for a new car. £32K-ish. And I've realised I'm heartily sick of black leather interiors.
Which is a bit of a problem. It's ok if I want a Jag, but when I looked at the state of the driver's seat on a couple in stock at the dealer with 30k miles, I realised that they are going to look trashed at 100k miles.
BMW, Mercedes and Lexus will give you cream seats, but with everything else in black. So you still get a dark and gloomy interior but lose the benefit of seats that don't show the dirt. No thanks.
It looks like I'm off to Volvo, who are the only ones I can find who do a nice light, airy, pale interior. Unless anyone has a better idea? Who does a nice interior properly colour-coded in brown, beige, cream, blue, or anything other than bloody black?
Which is a bit of a problem. It's ok if I want a Jag, but when I looked at the state of the driver's seat on a couple in stock at the dealer with 30k miles, I realised that they are going to look trashed at 100k miles.
BMW, Mercedes and Lexus will give you cream seats, but with everything else in black. So you still get a dark and gloomy interior but lose the benefit of seats that don't show the dirt. No thanks.
It looks like I'm off to Volvo, who are the only ones I can find who do a nice light, airy, pale interior. Unless anyone has a better idea? Who does a nice interior properly colour-coded in brown, beige, cream, blue, or anything other than bloody black?
Audi A4 is available with cardamon beige or titanium grey matched with a cardamon or titanium dash and door cards.
I've recently specced my new A4 estate with the titanium leather, but with black dash and carpets, it lifts the interior and looks great, and as you rightly say, rids the car of a dull interior!
I've recently specced my new A4 estate with the titanium leather, but with black dash and carpets, it lifts the interior and looks great, and as you rightly say, rids the car of a dull interior!
V8forweekends said:
Isn't fashion funny? I recall an Audi print ad from the late seventies extolling the virtues of its beige interiors citing research that (they claimed) suggested dark interiors made drivers more aggressive - in an Audi? Imagine.
Leaving the Audi element aside, I do believe that a light coloured interior is more calming as a driver and passenger. That's why blue interiors are best. They're not gloomy black, and they stand the test of jeans.
Alternatively, you can throw away all your jeans and keep a light leather clean! It all depends on your trousers...
Only problem with blue is nobody makes them anymore... You could have it in Alfas, and still in Lancias on the continent, but otherwise you need to go to Ferrari/Maserati/Bentley.
Medium grey should be more common as an alternative...
Alternatively, you can throw away all your jeans and keep a light leather clean! It all depends on your trousers...
Only problem with blue is nobody makes them anymore... You could have it in Alfas, and still in Lancias on the continent, but otherwise you need to go to Ferrari/Maserati/Bentley.
Medium grey should be more common as an alternative...
gonzales_turbo said:
That's why blue interiors are best. They're not gloomy black, and they stand the test of jeans.
Alternatively, you can throw away all your jeans and keep a light leather clean! It all depends on your trousers...
Only problem with blue is nobody makes them anymore... You could have it in Alfas, and still in Lancias on the continent, but otherwise you need to go to Ferrari/Maserati/Bentley.
Used to available on quite a few BMW's as well up until a decade or so ago.Alternatively, you can throw away all your jeans and keep a light leather clean! It all depends on your trousers...
Only problem with blue is nobody makes them anymore... You could have it in Alfas, and still in Lancias on the continent, but otherwise you need to go to Ferrari/Maserati/Bentley.
I would have specced a blue interior in mine had it been available on the 1 Series, but it wasn't, so went for red instead - nice and loud
Sid's Dad said:
BMW, Mercedes and Lexus will give you cream seats, but with everything else in black. So you still get a dark and gloomy interior but lose the benefit of seats that don't show the dirt. No thanks.
With BMW you can have cream leather with cream bottom half of dash and black carpets or all black or all light. I think most options are covered there? I have the light and black option and after 60k miles and 3 years it has kept very well (I am careful with it though). 
My BMW has cream leather, cream carpets with black mats, cream doors and most of the dash. Genuinely a nice place to sit, I do wonder why most people order the black cat in a cave option...
135k and the seats are clean and not worn, as are the carpets. Though I do have mats to protect the mats...!
135k and the seats are clean and not worn, as are the carpets. Though I do have mats to protect the mats...!
Maxus said:
With BMW you can have cream leather with cream bottom half of dash and black carpets or all black or all light. I think most options are covered there? I have the light and black option and after 60k miles and 3 years it has kept very well (I am careful with it though).
That is the Oyster/black combo and they also do the Oyster/Oyster combo as well as the Venetian beige that I have in my car. My car is a 2012 so if they have deleted these options, it's fairly recent.
Sid's Dad said:
That looks nice, Maxus. But I'm not sure you can still get that finish. The BMW website suggests not....
Which series are you looking at? The colour way maxus has shown is available on the 5-series. Oyster it's called and is available with or without the black elements.ETA: Now only on the 5-series Luxury and M-Sport level of trim. Modern is all Oyster and SE is Venetian beige only.
Edited by Fun Bus on Tuesday 25th February 21:51
Edited by Fun Bus on Tuesday 25th February 21:53
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