Guy I met on holiday worked out Mercedes HQ. Obviously cars were on topic. ARTICO leather came up. Here's the SCOOP ARTICO ARTIFICIAL - COW ARTI-CO Now you know 😊
The problem is with the way it’s sold today, customers think they are getting leather as it’s sold as “artico leather” it isn’t leather it’s plastic, mb-tex was different again to Artico
My previous car, a lexus IS had very nice semi aniline leather, very soft and warm feeling. Current car, 4 series BMW has dakota leather, should be real but feels not natural there is like a very thick varnish layer on top of it. And sides of seats are also just vinyl. Aritco, Sensa te, ETC , fancy names for CHEAP plastic. I hate it a car interior with real nice leather is such an added value. Also real Alcantara ( also arificial tissu ) is nice.
Some of the Lexus semi aniline interiors are beautiful, all these misleading names for plastic manufacturers are giving them needs to stop as it’s fooling the public and it’s a lie
Guy I met on holiday worked out Mercedes HQ. Obviously cars were on topic. ARTICO leather came up.
Here's the SCOOP
ARTICO
ARTIFICIAL - COW
ARTI-CO
Now you know
😊
And nowadays companies are even selling plastic as "vegan leather". Should be illegal.
I think your find it is now in a lot of countries
MB-Tex has been in use by Mercedes since the early 1950's, they had it in some of the 300 Gullwings
The problem is with the way it’s sold today, customers think they are getting leather as it’s sold as “artico leather” it isn’t leather it’s plastic, mb-tex was different again to Artico
My previous car, a lexus IS had very nice semi aniline leather, very soft and warm feeling. Current car, 4 series BMW has dakota leather, should be real but feels not natural there is like a very thick varnish layer on top of it. And sides of seats are also just vinyl. Aritco, Sensa te, ETC , fancy names for CHEAP plastic. I hate it a car interior with real nice leather is such an added value. Also real Alcantara ( also arificial tissu ) is nice.
Some of the Lexus semi aniline interiors are beautiful, all these misleading names for plastic manufacturers are giving them needs to stop as it’s fooling the public and it’s a lie
That is not for all Mercedes! This is a cheaper variant that you can choose!
@@Hetry712 this comes as standard, then you chose if you want leather or other options
Plastic made from petroleum 😁