Do all A4's with the 1.8T engine have vinyl seats or ar some equipped with leather?

 

I think someone correct me if I am wrong but its 98 and up that all the 1.8t's came with the Vinyl or cloth

 

The 2004's and up do have leather as an option in the 1.8t
Anything previous to that has leatherette (no leather option) with a mild exception. You could get leatherette as far back as the A4 goes (1996). But 1996's were an oddity - you could also get a real leather option in the 1996 1.8ts. Somewhere in the production of 96-97 they changed the real leather option to leatherette. The 1996 brochure never ever mentioned leathertte, but some cars did come with it.

In any case, Audi's leathertte is very resilient and many people do mistake it for real leather.

 

Hell I find it better than real leather its easier to clean no cracking just a lot more durable

 

Thanks for the info. I see so many advertisements for A4's with leather I was wondering.

I was talking with someone who is very knowledgable about automotive interiors on the difference between leather and leatherette. Leather comes from a bull or a steer while leatherette comes from a cow.

 

Correct me if I am wrong, but in the US B5 line, 1997 was the first year for the A4 1.8t

 

yes, correct 97 was the first year.

"I was talking with someone who is very knowledgable about automotive interiors on the difference between leather and leatherette. Leather comes from a bull or a steer while leatherette comes from a cow. "

Your friend is not very knowledgable at all...

 

Hey CVEI,

Can I use that statement as my new tag line? I laughed for like 5 minutes straight...

 

Sure.

 

i like Leatherette better than leather cause its easier to clean but i miss cloth cause on a hot day leather or Leatherette is annoying