Jacara

[Exonian]

There’s a certain purity with the Jacara seats in the GTI.
I had the tartan seats in my mk5 and first mk6 GTI and loved them.
I had leather in my second mk6 (it was an Ex-demo) which I grew to like but had no hesitation in speccing Jacara for my 2013 GTI PP.
When collecting the car and sitting in the tartan cloth seats it felt a bit of a homecoming.

The mk7 sports seats are nice enough but the mk5 GTI seats were sublime.
Cost cutting.

[AGB]

Having placed my order and showed the mrs what her new kitchen fund has purchased instead, her first reaction was ‘Can you live with those seats?’  To which I replied ‘WTF?!’  ‘They’re hideous!’ She says. I responded ‘Sacrilege! Tartan is part of the GTI heritage!’  Anyway it then occurred to me how Marmite the Jacara seats actually are. Personally I quite like them. The leather is ludicrously expensive on the Golf so that was never an option. Nor was £750 for Art Velors, my limited options budget went on wheels and DynAudio instead.

So anyway just for a bit of fun I thought I’d put up a poll to see what owners actually think of Jacara. I’m guessing most wives/girlfriends hate it but the bloke in general like it?

I find I like some variations of the Clark Plaid but not others. I would personally go for Art Velours. My wife has a MKVII GTD and she likes the monochrome plaid but like myself, prefers some versions of Clark Plaid to others. Some are too loud and busy.

I think the Clubsport S seats are the best they produced.

[Philb280]

When I was looking to buy a GTi my 19 &17yr old daughters though the tartan seats where awful - now I’ve got one they both love them, even the Mrs likes them which is a 1st for any of my cars .

They just look right to me.

[Sootchucker]

Had the monochrome Jacaranda on my previous 2 GTD’s and loved them. With the new GTI however, I fancied a change, and couldn’t afford (wanted to pay), the cost of full leather, so went for Art Velours as a middle ground, and absolutely love them, and gets quite a few comments from people travelling in the car.

[Ryan90GTI]

The things I'd do for them bucket seats. 🍆

[Mutley75]

🍆 🧐 😳

[kmpowell]

Had the monochrome Jacaranda on my previous 2 GTD’s and loved them. With the new GTI however, I fancied a change, and couldn’t afford (wanted to pay), the cost of full leather, so went for Art Velours as a middle ground, and absolutely love them, and gets quite a few comments from people travelling in the car.

Ahah, you're the guy from detailing world! I wondered if you were on here, I saw your thread on there, dropping you a PM.

[Will2018]

Like some on here I'm not really a fan of tartan so I went for art velour. Yes it's overpriced but it's compromise I was willing to make. Imo it really smartens up the interior. Not a fan of full leather and VWs asking price is insane.

[Margy]

My Wife's reaction to them, "get the scotch eggs out, are we having a picnic"?

[Jim_mk7.5]

Agree on the CS buckets. Best ever seat in a Golf.

TCR looks nice though...