Why is Red Leather Interior All the Rage?

[dubber09]

I never had leather interior in my cars and never wanted to, too stiff, slippery and cold in winter, hot and sticky in summer. Drove a few cars with leather in all seasons, including higher end cars. I often wished some of those came with good grippy fabric seats, at least as an option.

 

[vavavroom]

You won't see the ketchup stains so easily. I know at least half of you eat in your cars and people who eat in their cars are messy eaters.

 

[Kira]

^^How 'bout mottled or leopard spotted interiors to mask cigarette burns? (jk)

A car guy told me the 'between the thighs' cigarette burn is a classic.
So how 'bout zippered replacement panels for seat bottoms (again, jk)

 

[MCompact]

I never had leather interior in my cars and never wanted to, too stiff, slippery and cold in winter, hot and sticky in summer. Drove a few cars with leather in all seasons, including higher end cars. I often wished some of those came with good grippy fabric seats, at least as an option.

The best of both worlds...

 

[PF52]

I was just paging through a 1991 or 1992 Chevy full-line catalog. Just about every model (Cavalier, Corsica, Beretta, Lumina, etc) was available in about a half-dozen different interior colors. Those were the days!

 

[nthach]

Some cars use red interior as the special interior; Lexus has done this.
Our GS350 F Sport is silver on red and our RX450h F Sport is white on red. Red is only available on the F Sport.
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I’ve kinda gotten used to Rimoja Red in my parent’s F Sport RXh. Though, I would have preferred a more sottovoce interior.