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On another note, I don't find the interior made cheaply at all so far. I am coming from a 2010 BMW and don't feel like I've downgraded in that department. Apparently, I am I the minority and perhaps I am just in my honeymoon stage?
lest we forget - grey was quietly discontinued, as is the ventilated option. We got grey, and it was incredible how in just the 1st hour (unlike our 10yr old Lexus hybrid SUV) of sitting on it, the hip supports had already wrinkled. That is definitely NOT timeless beauty.Finally compare side by side all features of the 2012 interior with the 2017. Note several subtle changes which add up to a significant loss of visual harmony and lightness in the newer cars.
1 - The 2012 seats are visually lighter - the black plastic back curves around the side of the seat - helping to create the illusion of a minimal, compound curved, two dimensional plane suspended in space against which you rest your back. The 2017 premium seat is visually bulky - with the light colored seat material stretching around the sides of the seat destroying the illusion of the plane suspended in space. This shrinks the appearance of the interior.
2 - The 2012 seat is in harmony with the minimal door panels - clearly designed together to go together. As with the seat - the door panels are light in color, suspended visually against the blackness of space - appearing to hang in place with no support - and contributing to the sense of open airiness, along with the cantilevered dash appearing to also hang in space. The 2017 seat clashes with the door panels and also is not in harmony with the dash.
3 - Finally, the addition of the center console in the 2017 car further breaks the illusion of curved, compound planes hanging in space that was so perfectly executed in the 2012 original design.
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On another note, I don't find the interior made cheaply at all so far. I am coming from a 2010 BMW and don't feel like I've downgraded in that department. Apparently, I am I the minority and perhaps I am just in my honeymoon stage?
funny you should mention that - because i'd recently read a post claiming how we owners are (in essence) a bunch of whining crybabies if/when we talk bad about leather not holding up. We have less than 5hrs on the driver's seat - and by the end of our 1st 40 miles, the grey leather looked as old/wrinkled as our 11yr old Lexus hybrid SUV's tan leather. How can an owner expect horrible upholstery quality to be remedied when demo cars are looking iffy - and yet considered to be 'ok' when demo seats too, look disappointing.......snip....... The second thing was the very shopworn and shoddy nature of the 2012 interor in the demo. I would say the interior quality has improved greatly since then. However I am still amazed at how worn the seats look in the showroom floor models, with holes literally worn in the leather at my local dealership. They need to work on the quality and durability of the leather interiors. .....snip.....
Careful what you wish for ... Volvo interior design is not the answer
Pls.. how do you watch this and not tell me that volvo isn't the leader in interior car design?
its literally volvo and then everybody else right now. aka no competition
Why are you referring a concept?its literally volvo and then everybody else right now. aka no competition