SRQStingray

I went to a dealer yesterday and sat in an absolutely incredible Lime Rock green, 3LT coupe. As a 3LT, it had Napa leather and it was as good as any high end car that I have sat in. The salesman, a very knowledgeable guy told me the mulan leather has no leather smell and is some kind of processed leather made from scraps. I had heard this was the case with the C6 leather. So, is mulan leather really leather SPAM (the canned meat product)?

Red Lightening

This is what it is and yes it's kinda like spam. And sort of leather. Kind of
It's also sometimes called bonded leather. It's a mixture of real leather and some sort of synthetic vinyl like chemical bonded together. I guess this is where the term Pleather comes from.




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composition_leather

SRQStingray

That pretty much sucks

Jhall84

Mulan leather is leather that is from anywheres on the animal. Napa leather only comes from the belly.

Seapar

I heard Mulan leather also has some silk blended in. Not sure if that is correct or not

Glen e

neither is bare leather:

http://303products.com/index.php/pro...motive-leather

KenHorse

And here I thought it was made from Disney characters....

SRQStingray

My suspicion is that it is made in China like a lot of other fake sh*t. Now I am leaning 3LT, but I hear the real leather is only on the seating surfaces.

Red Lightening

Baby Mulans?

Red Lightening

You can always have the seats recovered by a custom shop in anything you choose. Heck my 2013 seats are half cloth the sides and back are cloth. I'm going to have mine re done. The C7 3LT suede is really a fake synthetic cloth also.

Jhall84

All leather surfaces in the C7, whether they are mulan or napa, are real leather. GM wanted to seperate itself from its competitors by using real leather and not leatherette.

Glen e

it is still plasticized coated leather...try the test in the article....

LS6GXP

The 3LT is real leather everywhere 2LT and 1LT is leather seating only...

HalfMoon

Finished v. Unfinished leather test:

Zymurgy

Which is actually a good thing. Much more resistant to staining and easier to clean. Real suede would be terrible for a seating surface.

Delta88

I read on this forum that the 3LT nappa leather is only where your butt touches, the rest of the seat is mulan leather..

Red Lightening

I'm sure this is true.

SRQStingray

I think it depends on one's definition of leather. There is real leather used in composite leather, but from what I gather, it is like comparing hotdogs to steaks. They are both meat.

cclive

They are the most tender...

No Shot

The truth is, the less "fine" or supple the leather is, the more rugged it is and the better it wears. For instance, "glove" leather is very soft but mars and damages very easily. would never be able to take the beating of a car seat. i'm pretty sure these GM guys, after 100 yrs, have an idea of what they are doing...JS?

I'm still partial to Corinthian leather out of the '78 Chrysler Cordoba.