[nate]

This is an E65 press photo. Is this cloth?

So, you can get a cloth 7 series in Europe, but have to jump though hoops for a cloth 325 in the US?

 

[bol]

you can get cloth anywhere easily... except the US


up here in the great white north we can even get the alanctra(sp?) easily


alanctra/leather combo... leather/cloth...


lots of options

 

[Mr. The Edge]

This is an E65 press photo. Is this cloth?

So, you can get a cloth 7 series in Europe, but have to jump though hoops for a cloth 325 in the US?

I'm guessing that's some sort of Alcantara/Suede. I doubt they would make cloth for the 7er

 

[bol]

Re: Re: Cloth interior?

I'm guessing that's some sort of Alcantara/Suede. I doubt they would make cloth for the 7er

doesn't look like alcantara or suede to me...

my guess is some sort of perforated leather for the 7's seat cooling?

i've seen in in MB's but the holes were never that close together.

 

[bmw325]

Yeah I don't know what BMWNA's big issue is w/ cloth. Even Mercedes and Audi offer cloth in the US on atleast some models. IN Europe, leatherette is not even available to regular buyers-- its used only for police and taxi cars.

 

[nate]

Re: Re: Re: Cloth interior?

doesn't look like alcantara or suede to me...

my guess is some sort of perforated leather for the 7's seat cooling?

i've seen in in MB's but the holes were never that close together.

looks like cloth to me :dunno:

 

[Mr. The Edge]

Here's a pic of alcantara from the individual configurator. It definitely looks different from the above pic, but I'm still guessing it's not just cloth

 

[Mr. The Edge]

WHERE'S ALEX B. WHEN WE NEED HIM!!!!

:bawling: :bawling: :bawling:

 

[bmw325]

Actually, I think that e65 pic just shows regular leather that's perfrorated.

 

[bol]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Cloth interior?

looks like cloth to me :dunno:

dunno it doesn't have the fuzzy look and lack-of-shine that cloth has...

heck, it almost looks like burlap sack material! :dunno:

 

[Patrick]

Cloth or not, that looks pretty good. The refrigerator is excellent. Road sodas for back seat drivers!

Patrick

 

[nate]

Actually, I think that e65 pic just shows regular leather that's perfrorated.

Look at the other other press photos...

760Li

745Li

Whatever it is, it is NOT leather...

 

[Mr. The Edge]

looks like perforated leather:

http://bimmer.roadfly.org/bmw/forums/e46/forum.php?postid=191608&page=1

http://bimmer.roadfly.org/bmw/forums/e65/archives/forum.php?postid=192320&page=1

 

[nate]

looks like perforated leather:

http://bimmer.roadfly.org/bmw/forums/e46/forum.php?postid=191608&page=1

http://bimmer.roadfly.org/bmw/forums/e65/archives/forum.php?postid=192320&page=1

From my experiences analizing E65 interiors, this does not look like perforated leather

 

[ALEX325i]

That looks like leather to me, Nate... :dunno:

 

[Mr. The Edge]

Here's another pic--you can barely see the perforations in the lower left corner.

This definitely looks different than the first pic--it DOES look like canvas/burlap!

EDIT: on second thought, it could just be the difference between a Macro shot and a wide shot.

 

[munk330ci]

what the h*ll is alcanta, anyway??

 

[Mystikal]

what the h*ll is alcanta, anyway??

Alcantara. Suede-like material, feels just as nice, too. :thumbup:

 

[Mr. The Edge]

Alcantara. Suede-like material, feels just as nice, too. :thumbup:

Here's the M-Alcantara

 

[bmw325]

alcantara is a synthetic suede material. Very nice--its too bad that they don't offer it to us in the US.