I’ve noticed that many car reviewers spend a good amount of time pointing out whether or not they like the texture/feel of materials on the interior of the car. Does the average person actually care about this aspect of their car, or is it just a point of interest for some niche group of car enthusiasts? I’ve driven shitboxes and I’ve driven luxury cars, and I have never cared about or even noticed the feel or quality of the material on the dash and the steering wheel. I guess maybe the steering wheel material could make some people uncomfortable depending on what it’s made of, but come on, the dashboard? Who ever strokes their hand against their dashboard just to feel what the texture is like?
I work as an auto-hiker, so my job is to drive cars from workshop to client, I recently had a job driving a 2020 Fiesta, fun car, very easy, but the wheel was this soft plastic material and a somewhat rough cloth seat, it immediately makes the car feel cheap, whereas my mum’s Peugeot 306 Cabrio (a car from 1995) has a leather wheel and seats, and that feels far more luxurious than the Fiesta imo.