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Originally Posted by Old Tele man
Exactly, but Toyota hypes the SofTex® as being eco-friendly:
"What is SofTex®?
SofTex® is a synthetic leather seat material designed for wear, easy cleaning and resisting spills. Soft to the touch, SofTex weighs about half as much as genuine leather. The way it's made generates around 85% fewer CO2 emissions and 99% fewer Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) than conventional synthetic leather. It also does not include any animal-based material."
• source: Toyota FAQS: What is SofTex®? |
Unless the resins used in that artificial leather-like material were vegetable-based, its manufacturing process is not really so much environmentally-better than real leather.