Trophy interior leather?

[MikeN]

One of the few downsides for the ZS Trophy. I would prefer cloth upholstery.

 

[MoDolph]

I feel we non vegan eco folk need to be more vocal over this. Natural leather is far superior, and provided it is sourced from cows already killed for meat, a waste product with minimal ecological impact.

I'm a big believer in using the whole animal so I try to eat offal more often and think of this in a similar way.

 

[D1no]

I feel we non vegan eco folk need to be more vocal over this. Natural leather is far superior, and provided it is sourced from cows already killed for meat, a waste product with minimal ecological impact.

I'm a big believer in using the whole animal so I try to eat offal more often and think of this in a similar way.

It's got nothing to do with vegan and everything to do with cost. And I suspect more environmentally damaging if anyone did the whole sums (assuming, as you say, the rest of the cow is used for food).

Tesla were just very smart at marketing and have those coming from an Audi, Mercedes etc something they could happily claim was a benefit, whereas they'd have been embarrassed to have to admit their car had cloth or, worse, vinyl seats.

Might wait for the AWD version to see what type of interior that has. "Yes, dear, I just wanted this one as I prefer cloth and a sunroof'?

 

[Whiskey Foxtrot]

That’s just what the service department said.

Been reading through the warranty document. Seven year warranty doesn't cover an awful lot. However seat covers are under warranty for 12 months. You got yours in Jan 22?

 

[Collected]

Interestingly the Born has gone with an “eco” fabric which has a microfiber feel and is made from ‘plastic crud we scraped off the sea’.

 

[ukflyer]

Interestingly the Born has gone with an “eco” fabric which has a microfiber feel and is made from ‘plastic crud we scraped off the sea’.

That sounds a bit fishy to me!

 

[NJCS]

Trade call it Pleather but to be fair Pleather is also in some top of range cars like Tesla I believe. I also had a Mercedes back in 70's that had a non leather plastic type material which lasted without issue to the 80's

 

[WonkoTheSaneUK]

FWIW - "PU" (as in PU Leather) is short for polyurethane.

 

[Gomev]

Noticed today when looking that the centre part of the seat and backrest is cloth, only the outer edges are plastic leather on the Trophy.