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Jun 13th, 2019, 16:48 | #1 |
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What the Heck is Vegan Leather
Is anybody else on here participating in the Volvo drivers survey scheme ?
Just had a survey asking me how I'd think about Vegan leather in a future Volvo. Eh What the heck is Vegan Leather - isn't that plastic or Vinyl ? Had to think hard on how to answer is diplomatically
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Jun 13th, 2019, 17:12 | #2 |
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Aren't the terms 'Vegan' and 'Leather' mutually exclusive, 'AndyJudge'? My dictionary defines 'Vegan' as "using or containing no animal products", ergo you can't have vegan leather - it has to be a contradiction in terms, surely?
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I'm not sure how I would feel about sitting on the skin of a vegan. Taking organ donation a bit far I think.
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It is the latest in synthetic leatherette.
Mercedes (Artico), Lexus (Tahara) and Tesla ("Vegan Leather") all use it extensively. |
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Leather is a perceived sign of luxury whilst vegan is very quickly straying from being anything to do with its ethical origins.
It sounds to me like a contrived marketing BS way to say "not leather", instead using vegan as some sort of cushion to soften the blow of a reduction in perceived quality. If Volvo or any manufacturer were truly concerned with animal welfare, they would end the use of leather without notice or consultation rather than taking a straw poll to see if their sales will be impacted. If enough people object, the removal of leather won't happen. Not exactly ethical credentials.
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Prefer fabric.
Having owned cars in the past with leatherette seats I prefer fabric as one’s skin doesn’t stick to it. ( in my younger days when wearing shorts in the warmer weather, not pleasant.)
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I remember that stuff, it was horrific to sit on and had what seemed the temperature of a furnace when the sun even shown weakly as it is apt to do in the UK.
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An oxymoron.
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Vegan leather =Plastic
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Jun 13th, 2019, 20:44 | #10 |
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Even volvos real leather seats are only real leather on the faces, all the rest are vinal/ fake leather.
Cloth seats for me. It cost volvo a car when I was told by 2 dealers I could not down spec leather to cloth despite being able to up spec from cloth to leather. At the the time the spec came to a shade over 33k and I could not have the seats I wanted. I walked and baught second hand with cloth seats saving 20k. As for vegan leather, a case of miss representation of goods, if it's leather it cannot be vegan and if it's vegan it cannot be leather. Paul. |
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