[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by f0rge

Looking at an interior in pics and living with one are very different things.

Refinement, material quality and build quality are all very important things that you can't get out of a picture. Real metal and wood instead of plastic, better leather, quality soft touch materials, sound insulation, etc.

Gadgets is not the same as luxury. I won't deny that the entry level interiors have come a long way, but there's still a gap.

While I agree that looking and pics and living with an interior for years are completely different things I also think it's laughable to think that the German cars have better materials simply because they are german. My BMW has more interior shit that has gone wrong or worn out that any of my other cars. Everyone I know with modern German cars, except for Porsche, have as many problems with wear as I do in much newer cars because, IMO, the quality has gone DOWN not up in the last decade or so. VAG is just a complete joke with it comes to quality interiors after they are 3 years old. Soft touch shit just falls off. Headliners fall down, plastic breaks.


They feel great on the show room floor though.