Sadly I've nicked the 'leather' panel at the side of my 4x4's driver's seat - must have had something sharp in a pocket. The cut is only a cm or so long and I'll try and glue it. But what is does reveal is that the 'leather' seems in reality to just be 'vinyl' (or PVC if you prefer) and on a woven cloth backing (like a car from the 1970s)
The term eco leather has various definitions, but I think to Fiat 'eco leather' is a bit like MDF is to wood: it seems to be made from leather dust bound together in a plastic carrier, a long way off being made from the tanned hide of something animal-shaped.
Be warned - it certainly isn't anything like the stuff my Volvo's seat are trimmed with.
(clearly, thread title should have said 'plastic')
The term eco leather has various definitions, but I think to Fiat 'eco leather' is a bit like MDF is to wood: it seems to be made from leather dust bound together in a plastic carrier, a long way off being made from the tanned hide of something animal-shaped.
Be warned - it certainly isn't anything like the stuff my Volvo's seat are trimmed with.
(clearly, thread title should have said 'plastic')
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