SL/R230: "Exclusive" branded leather..?
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"Exclusive" branded leather..?
Good morning, friends. Some Mercedes models are furnished with "Exclusive" leather interiors. Can anyone explain what this branding delivers vs, presumably, standard leather seating..?
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2008 MB CL600. 2020 MB E300 de. 1987 BMW M535i.
As I have understood it, "Leather Exclusive" stands for an all leather dashboard with real stiching (not the plastic look-a-like dash with fake stiching), and the same goes for the door panels.
Then I think that alcantara head liner and alcantara speedometer-covers are included in "Leather Exclusive". At least I have never seen one without the other.
Then I think that alcantara head liner and alcantara speedometer-covers are included in "Leather Exclusive". At least I have never seen one without the other.
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I know with a lot of cars, a "leather interior" package means that the seating surfaces and some of the other interior surfaces that are often touched are leather, but everything else - like the seat backs, lower sides of the seat cushions, etc. - is matching vinyl. I don't know how much of what looks like leather in a standard SL is real or vinyl, but I do know that in my SL there is no fake leather whatsoever - anything that looks like leather is the real stuff.
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So...curious...what are differences among "Designo", "Exclusive", and standard leather...?
are any of them semi-aniline....higher quality..?
Interesting to understand what the branding delivers ..?
are any of them semi-aniline....higher quality..?
Interesting to understand what the branding delivers ..?
