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Old 11-06-2001, 07:22 PM
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Plastic. One look at certain Maserati dashboards will tell you why.
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Default The leather/Alcantara interior of my Maserati 228 held up quite well

The only problem I had with the dashboard was that it was the same light beige color as the rest of the interior and the sun reflection was bad sometimes.
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Most I've seen are trashed. Too bad, I like the Maser interior better than most living rooms.
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Default ..nice little profit center....

Alcantara (ultrasuede) , im pretty sure is cheaper than high quality leather, on a per yard basis.

The seat/headliner will take the same labor to make in either "standard upholstery" - or alcantara

People like it - therefore want it - therefore will pay for it. So bend over , and get ... !
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