February 2026 Scout Production Center Update

[Logan]

I had to go look at my daily driver to see what color stitching it had, haha. After 95k miles, I was surprised to find red stitching at all of the seams in the black leather seats. I had no idea...

Apparently I'm more focused on the driving and not having a "Jesus, Take the Wheel" moment while I caress every surface of the inside of my car.

Wow, and to think this whole time you've been missing out on this incredible feature.

I do hope that you paid less than $90k for your red thread though.

I'd write more now, but I've got to go fondle the upper region of the dashboard on my car. And after that, I let me hands rest in the waterbottle holders on the inside of the rear seats door-cards.

/sarcasm

 

[purplesnow]

LOVE the interior and especially the brown leather one! I do like soft surfaces & natural materials, all the different textures add intrigue whether for eyes only or hands too, and are helpful for dampening road noise to some small degree also. (Pardon me while I go fondle the squishy bit of my dash next to the aux switches. )

Did you ever see something you just had to put your butt on? Well these seats just don’t have that appeal for me. They’re not bad enough to cancel my reservation, but I would like to see more than a bunch of straight-line same-color stitching. The plaid/diamond pattern on the gray seats is something, but still minimal. Instead of a big gray chunk and a big brown chunk, separated by a metal bar, they need some style. Even the Elantra seats posted above look more inviting. The seats need to be as sexy as the rest of the interior.

For me, this will be an upgrade from badly split & cracked leatherette with red stitching, which was ~$30k new 13 years ago.