View Poll Results: Leather or synthetic

Only leather is luxury.

42.11%

Save the animals, no leather for me.

5.26%

Don't care either way.

52.63%

I don't like leather.

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Feb 25, 2026 | 05:27 AM

#31

Striker223

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Originally Posted by Margate330

I love the look of good leather, always have.
For my next car, I could go synthetic if it gjves me more options.

As long as it holds up as good or better.
Cloth is a deal killer for me, too hard to keep clean.

My 4Runner had cloth seats and almost impossible to remove the stains, rather have vinyl or leather.

Ps, I do feel bad about using hides of animals if they are farmed just for leather. I want to believe they come from food cows but now I'm not sure anymore.

I wouldn't feel bad about that at all, they get a premium life vs most animals in the world and leagues better than food cattle.

Feb 25, 2026 | 05:43 AM

#32

tex2670

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Originally Posted by Stroock639

that's not cloth in the century it's wool

No - the Century definitely came with cloth seats, not wool....

Feb 25, 2026 | 05:45 AM

#33

Striker223

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Originally Posted by tex2670

No - the Century definitely came with cloth seats, not wool....

Haha, good one!

Feb 25, 2026 | 03:51 PM

#34

theryanking

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Originally Posted by Gojirra99

As long as we still eat real cows, I prefer real leather. They are mass produced through artificial insemination anyway, why waste the hides.
When the day arrive when the whole world or vast majority of it eat Frankenmeat, i.e.grown from cell tissues in the lab, then high quality fake leather would be fine with me.

ha ha. Frankenmeat. I wonder if mad cow disease has an effect/affect on a hide, at the end of the day.

Feb 25, 2026 | 04:12 PM

#35

theryanking

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Originally Posted by Striker223

Haha, good one!

I concur with you and others about the pain of keeping cloth clean.
And wool sounds like it would be good in winter vehicles, like salt trucks, perhaps. Could be itchy, but warm.

Feb 25, 2026 | 04:44 PM

#36

SW17LS

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The cashmere interior of the i7 I drove was glorious. So soft and comfortable. I would still have chosen leather or synthetic leather though.

Feb 25, 2026 | 04:53 PM

#37

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Originally Posted by SW17LS

The cashmere interior of the i7 I drove was glorious. So soft and comfortable. I would still have chosen leather or synthetic leather though.

I need to go look at one soon, hopefully it feels very nice but the fear of long term care is always in my mind with any textile.

Feb 25, 2026 | 05:46 PM

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SW17LS

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Yeah long term no question leather would hold up better

Feb 25, 2026 | 06:05 PM

#39

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Originally Posted by SW17LS

Yeah long term no question leather would hold up better

With proper care it's actually borderline insane how long leather can last. Most don't bother to care for it correctly though sadly enough, cloth though I just don't know if it's possible at all

Feb 25, 2026 | 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Duukt

However the IS500 nuluxe feels so good, I don't actually miss the leather any more.

While that may (?) no longer be the case today, when it first came out, Nuluxe, was without question, the best leather-substitute on the market. I was reviewing and test-driving a lot of vehicles at the time, and I was hard-pressed to tell the difference.