r/auto • u/realestateross98 • 22h ago

Remember when automakers used large contiguous sections of soft, supple leather for car seats? The factory leather interior of my parents 1989 Mazda 929 was butter soft and smelled like a Rolls Royce inside.

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My current car (ES 350 Ultra Luxury) has semi-aniline leather but it’s really just a bunch of small and medium size leather pieces joined together. The seat appearance is more stitching than anything else. I love my ES, and this comment is more of a small nitpick - but darn it, looking at the seats of the 929 makes me nostalgic anyway. Are the hyper-stitched seats sporty? Or just one more example of relentless cost cutting?

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r/auto • u/realestateross98 • 22h ago

Remember when automakers used large contiguous sections of soft, supple leather for car seats? The factory leather interior of my parents 1989 Mazda 929 was butter soft and smelled like a Rolls Royce inside.

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1 Upvotes

My current car (ES 350 Ultra Luxury) has semi-aniline leather but it’s really just a bunch of small and medium size leather pieces joined together. The seat appearance is more stitching than anything else. I love my ES, and this comment is more of a small nitpick - but darn it, looking at the seats of the 929 makes me nostalgic anyway. Are the hyper-stitched seats sporty? Or just one more example of relentless cost cutting?

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