You can see some shiny
plastic around the center console and the aircon controls and it looks ok, but will quickly show dust and finger marks as it controls the dual zone automatic climate control.
Not exact matches
A few touches stand out, including a soft - touch dashboard and carbon fiber pattern
around the
center console, replacing what could have been additional painted
plastic.
The most obvious flaw was some rough cut
plastic I noticed
around the base of the
center console where there seems to have been no attempt made at all to create a finished look.
Something rattled in the
center console — the bitter cold probably caused all the
plastic bits to contract, loosening things up and letting them shake
around — but still.
There is also a fair amount of white
plastic around the
center stack and
console, reminding us of the first - generation Chevrolet Volt.
This also could have been the Velar's nitty - gritty, but the use of lesser quality materials
around the lower
center console and door interiors reminds us of the Jaguar F - Pace, although the amount of harsh
plastics is less generous inside the Velar and rather hidden from your eyesight.
Some of the interior pieces, such as the
plastic center console and trim
around the windshield frame (the A-pillars), struck me as chintzy - looking for a $ 22,000 car.
There are still some quirks, though — like the knock - off
plastic «stitching» found
around the
center console — but as a whole it's everything you could hope for in an American coupé.
Interior trim
around instruments and
center console made with very cheap
plastic materials.
After a few hours on the road, though, the seats start to feel hard rather than supportive, you become aware that the padding on the
center console is just dense enough to mask the hard
plastic beneath it, and that the leather wrapped
around the steering wheel is neither as smooth or as supple as what's offered in some competing vehicles.
Unlike economy cars with hard
plastic surfaces all
around the interior, high - end vehicles feature dashboards, armrests, and
center consoles covered in soft - touch materials that exude comfort and luxury.