Are the FR seats with leather or vinyl trim?

[UkraineTrain]

I want to get some cleaner for my seats but I'm not sure if the trim around the Alcantara is leather or vinyl.

 

[Damo H]

I want to get some cleaner for my seats but I'm not sure if the trim around the Alcantara is leather or vinyl.

I've always though it was fake leather in my Cupra.

 

[BigJase88]

Certainly feels and looks fake to me on my FR

 

[Seriously?]

I think they describe it as "Simil Leather", ie fake. In the same way that Mercedes call it Artico (Artificial Cow)

 

[UkraineTrain]

Would you still use leather cleaner/conditioner on it? I want to keep it from cracking when it gets old.

 

[Woody_72]

I doubt it. Check out some detailing sites or Autoglym's, I bet there are very specfic products for cleaning vinyl.

 

[black_sheep]

I agree with the comments above. On our previous 68 plate A3 S-Line, the bolster/seat base side closest to the door was leather, but inner side was faux. It looked worse than one or the other, as the leather would crease and the faux side looked brand new.

The Cupra seats show no signs of wear/creasing which would concur with @Damo H above.

Also our 5 year old FR with 100+k miles interior looked brand new when we sold it, so seems to hold up well - far better than the equivalent age/mileage Octavia VRS that we had at the time.

 

[SteveW]

Definitely faux leather in my FR.

I had a Mondeo ST before the Leon and that had genuine half leather seats. The Leon looks leathery, but definitely isn't, even though I thought it was when I looked at the pics before I went to test drive it. Didn't make any difference to me though and in fact probably much easier to keep in good condition if you look after it.

I've not tried cleaning the interior yet (not had it a month yet), but I'd probably just use something like AG Vinyl & Rubber Care as I already have some of that

 

[Jay5959]

I’ve used leather cleaner and conditioner on mine, worked a treat. Did it a few months ago and it still holding up well