Cloth VS. Leather seats

[illyun]

Well it depends where you are from...  in the Middle East people seem to prefer leather and the GTIs out here come in a standard build that includes full leather - you can configure your own of course, with cloth seats but not many people want them.  There isn't the association with the Mk1 heritage, part of which is the tartan pattern, for people to prefer it over leather.  So it really depends where you are from as people in different countries have different preferences.  Myself, I much prefer the cloth tartan seats to the leather and tried to order my Mk6 with cloth seats here in Saudi, but the salesman gave me a confused look and told me it would take longer and cost more as it was a custom build       

Oh and by the way, its GTI, not GTi 

[stealthwolf]

The VW leather isn't as good as some of the other brands - I've some shocking wead on lowish mileage cars. Even on the ED30, the leather wears quite badly IMO, but I prefer it over cloth seats and leather seats too!

[illyun]

The VW leather isn't as good as some of the other brands 

The quality of leather has improved significantly on the Mk6 by the way... 

[jonnygo]

I have full "Vienna" leather on my MK6 and enjoying it so far.  We have had a hot few weeks too but I can't say it has been too sticky!  The leather does get very hot though if exposed to the sun.

Too early to say about wearing but the whole point of leatherf or me is how it wears as its a natural material.  It should look better as it ages.

Time will tell...

[Keano]

anyone that says cloth hasnt had the leather 

i just happen to have both 

[iwilkins]

HaHa well put Keano, I think ED30's drivers are a little bias tho 

I still need to sort some pics out as well, but it's looking like rain here atm and it would ruin any hard work i put in washing her 

[Upperoilcan]

anyone that says cloth hasnt had the leather 

i just happen to have both 

Me too,Cloth in my 06 GTI and leather in the misus's 05 GTI.......

Not bothered about either to be fair,both have the pluses and minus's.....

[AlanD]

The ED30 seats are the best but thats not really practical in a std GTI.

Not really sure what your mates on about saying people only want leather. Personally I prefer the cloth interior as Im not a fan of leather, too hot in the summer, too cold in the winter. I also like the respect the MK5 pays the MK1 GTI with its cloth seats.

[FamilyDub]

I would have liked leather, but it wasn't a big deal that my car was cloth - I like the retro cloth.

[billy2shots]

Leather and suede