{"id":13525,"date":"2021-11-16T03:33:31","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T08:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/auto\/?p=13525"},"modified":"2021-11-16T03:33:31","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T08:33:31","slug":"rolls-royce-all-cars-have-leather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=13525","title":{"rendered":"Rolls-Royce hasn&#8217;t built a car without leather, it would compromise luxury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2021\/11\/16\/rolls-royce-all-cars-have-leather\/\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"photomain-article\"> <noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1150\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-Black-Badge-photos_20.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Rolls Royce Ghost Black Badge photos 20\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-Black-Badge-photos_20.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-Black-Badge-photos_20-830x497.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-Black-Badge-photos_20-1710x1024.jpg 1710w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-Black-Badge-photos_20-768x460.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-Black-Badge-photos_20-1536x920.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" title=\"image of Rolls Royce Ghost Black Badge photos 20\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1150\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%201920%201150%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-Black-Badge-photos_20.jpg\" class=\"lazyload attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Rolls Royce Ghost Black Badge photos 20\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-Black-Badge-photos_20.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-Black-Badge-photos_20-830x497.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-Black-Badge-photos_20-1710x1024.jpg 1710w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-Black-Badge-photos_20-768x460.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Rolls-Royce-Ghost-Black-Badge-photos_20-1536x920.jpg 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" title=\"image of Rolls Royce Ghost Black Badge photos 20\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\" itemprop=\"description\" readability=\"64.130859375\">\n<p>In early February, MINI design boss Oliver Heilmer made a rather surprising announcement by pledging to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2021\/02\/03\/mini-to-drop-leather-upholstery-on-future-models\/\">get rid of leather<\/a> inside the cars in the name of sustainability. Fast forward to November, another member of the BMW Group has something to say about this topic, but it\u2019s in direct contradiction with the decision taken by the Oxford-based marque.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <em>Autocar<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2021\/11\/11\/rolls-royce-ghost-0-60-mph\/\">Rolls-Royce<\/a> head honcho Torsten M\u00fcller-\u00d6tv\u00f6s was honest and said all cars built so far have the interior lined with leather to some degree: \u201cNobody has ever asked us for a vegan interior.\u201d The Goodwood brand is committed to using leather in the future because it argues a vegan interior would hamper the quality of a high-end interior: \u201cSustainability is very important to us but it should not compromise luxury.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-404571\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Rolls-Royce-Landspeed-Collection-140-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"Rolls Royce Landspeed Collection 140 830x553\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Rolls-Royce-Landspeed-Collection-140-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Rolls-Royce-Landspeed-Collection-140-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Rolls-Royce-Landspeed-Collection-140-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Rolls-Royce-Landspeed-Collection-140-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Rolls-Royce-Landspeed-Collection-140.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of Rolls Royce Landspeed Collection 140 830x553\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-medium wp-image-404571\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20830%20553%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Rolls-Royce-Landspeed-Collection-140-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"Rolls Royce Landspeed Collection 140 830x553\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Rolls-Royce-Landspeed-Collection-140-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Rolls-Royce-Landspeed-Collection-140-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Rolls-Royce-Landspeed-Collection-140-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Rolls-Royce-Landspeed-Collection-140-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Rolls-Royce-Landspeed-Collection-140.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of Rolls Royce Landspeed Collection 140 830x553\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It is worth mentioning the average age of a Rolls-Royce buyer has gone down significantly in recent times, at only 43 years old, which is much lower than in 2010 when the typical client was around 56. Rather surprisingly, the average age of a MINI buyer is actually a bit higher, approximately 47 years. Some people consider leather as \u201cold luxury,\u201d but that\u2019s apparently not the case here given the preferences of Rolls-Royce and MINI customers.<\/p>\n<p>That doesn\u2019t necessarily mean RR would refuse to build a car with a vegan interior as Torsten M\u00fcller-\u00d6tv\u00f6s says the ultra-luxe British brand is open to the idea of switching away from leather should the customers want something different. He went on to describe the company\u2019s factory as a \u201cleader in sustainable production.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of sustainability, RR has already announced plans to gradually move away from internal combustion engines by becoming a fully electric brand at the end of the decade. Leading the way will be the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2021\/10\/29\/rolls-royce-spectre-black-badge-confirmed\/\">Spectre<\/a>, a pure EV coupe scheduled to go on sale in the fourth quarter of 2023. MINI has a similar timeframe as it too will stop sales of cars with combustion engines by 2030 and has already teased the next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2021\/11\/02\/next-generation-mini-electric-hatch\/\">electric Cooper<\/a> hatchback.<\/p>\n<p>[Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/confidential\/autocar-confidential-keeping-f1-clean-vegans-dont-drive-rolls-royce-and-more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Autocar<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In early February, MINI design boss Oliver Heilmer made a rather surprising announcement by pledging to get rid of leather inside the cars in the name of sustainability. Fast forward to November, another member of the BMW Group has something to say about this topic, but it\u2019s in direct contradiction with the decision taken by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}