I think the worst interior fabric I can remember was on a little Suzuki Vitara convertible we hired on holiday once. Fun wee car given that we had huge areas of unmade trails on our doorstep. Really proved what that sort of car is for. Coped effortlessly with dried up riverbeds, sand dunes, driving on beaches etc.
The seats though were covered in a fabric which must have been chosen by someone whose brief was to find the most unpleasant looking and indeed most nylon-y ( new word there, eat your heart out Shakespeare ! ) feeling fabric they could find. I've tried to block it out, but my residual memory is of a grey and red paisley pattern highly scratchy nylon.
Totally out of keeping with the otherwise rufty-tufty looks of the little off-roader. Didn't matter in the end because within a couple of days the whole car inside and out was so filthy you couldn't tell what the original colours had been.
Had to clean it up a bit before I had the gall to hand it back...
One of those cars you absolutely love while on holiday in a hot climate and with access to it's natural off-road environment. The sort of car which you half decide you might buy when you get home, only to realise when you do get back that in fact it's a complete fish out of water in most parts of this country.
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