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Kia fake leather

17-10-2012 12:18PM

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Stallingrad

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If it was me I'd be well pissed off...

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/kia/sportage/60801/watchdog-kia-gets-a-hiding-over-leather-mix

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#2 17-10-2012 12:44PM

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It's a case often with Manufacturers. Cut costs wherever possible, a lof of car makers make great use of pleather!

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#3 17-10-2012 01:20PM

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OSI wrote: »

Don't know how anyone could mistake it for real leather. The "leather" I've seen in Kia's so far has resembled that of a rhino's arse.

Real leather doesn't have to be made from a cow, or an animal for that matter.

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