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Fusion Design Package Rare? Purchase alone?

Specific discussion about the E89 2009 Z4 (sDrive35is, sDrive35i, sDrive30i, sDrive23i)
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Post by Smartbear » Wed Sep 13, 2017 1:26 pm

R.E92 wrote: Wed Sep 13, 2017 1:08 pm
Smartbear wrote: Wed Sep 13, 2017 12:59 pm
R.E92 wrote: Wed Sep 13, 2017 8:27 am I'd pay money not to have a retirement-brown interior with plastic wood effect panelling :rofl:
Do some research & you will see its real wood :poke:
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Depends on your definition of real wood.

It's a tiny slither of wood encased in a plastic trim piece. They moved to cheapo veneer with the E46 and haven't looked back since :rofl:
Its not plastic as you stated, get your facts right :poke:
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Post by Tumnus » Wed Sep 13, 2017 3:50 pm

Had mine skinned in CF, it wasn't cheap but I prefer it to wood trim, that was something my Grandad had in his Wolsey 6 and Princesses!
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Post by Busterboo » Wed Sep 13, 2017 5:58 pm

Smartbear wrote: Wed Sep 13, 2017 1:26 pm
R.E92 wrote: Wed Sep 13, 2017 1:08 pm
Smartbear wrote: Wed Sep 13, 2017 12:59 pm

Do some research & you will see its real wood :poke:
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Depends on your definition of real wood.

It's a tiny slither of wood encased in a plastic trim piece. They moved to cheapo veneer with the E46 and haven't looked back since :rofl:
Its not plastic as you stated, get your facts right :poke:
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Post by Valor1 » Thu Sep 14, 2017 1:54 am

This wood is a very dark wood, as you can see by the wood trim by the door handle. (The leather is shiny as I'd just put Maguire's leather conditioner on.) I spoke with a Bentley rep last year at Pebble Beach regarding their stunning concept car Bentley had on display. It featured lots of wood on the dash and on the door panels. Bentley's position is their clients appreciate the beauty and craftsmanship of wood trim which is why the feature it so prominently. That which is beautiful never goes out of style, IMO, which is why some of, if not the very nicest interiors in the car world feature wood trim.
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Post by Nictrix » Thu Sep 14, 2017 8:30 am

Those 2 Bentley interiors are horrible.
Their clients have a strange view on what is beautiful.
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Post by Busterboo » Thu Sep 14, 2017 9:53 am

My secondhand 35iS came with the (expensive) Fusion/Pure White packages and the wood's inoffensive enough. Indeed, it's probably a bit better than the aluminium version, because it has some detail & depth to it.

If it'd looked like the Bentleys above, though, I wouldn't have bought it. :)
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Post by Valor1 » Thu Sep 14, 2017 6:14 pm

Nictrix wrote: Thu Sep 14, 2017 8:30 am Those 2 Bentley interiors are horrible.
Their clients have a strange view on what is beautiful.
As they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

This Bentley, the EXP 10 Speed 6, earned the top concept car prize at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este.

As one auto journalist printed: "Bentley didn’t skimp on the interior treatment of this concept either. Like the exterior, the EXP 10 Speed 6’s cabin is rich with detail. Quilted leather lines the seats and door panels, while the EXP 10 Speed 6’s gear lever has an aluminium, copper and cherry wood finish. The Bentley Continental EXP 10 Speed 6 exudes both beauty and class, and we hope the British automaker can translate the concept car’s striking details to a production-bound vehicle."

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Post by Tumnus » Thu Sep 14, 2017 6:28 pm

Sorry but wood just isn't a very sporty trim, which is why it suits the Bentley, Rolls, Jags, etc.

I have the ivory leather interior, and while the dark wood wasn't particularly offensive I preferred something different, dare I say unique, it still looks like factory trim as it's not CF wrap.
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Post by Nictrix » Thu Sep 14, 2017 7:01 pm

Valor1 wrote: Thu Sep 14, 2017 6:14 pm
Nictrix wrote: Thu Sep 14, 2017 8:30 am Those 2 Bentley interiors are horrible.
Their clients have a strange view on what is beautiful.
As they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

This Bentley, the EXP 10 Speed 6, earned the top concept car prize at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este.

As one auto journalist printed: "Bentley didn’t skimp on the interior treatment of this concept either. Like the exterior, the EXP 10 Speed 6’s cabin is rich with detail. Quilted leather lines the seats and door panels, while the EXP 10 Speed 6’s gear lever has an aluminium, copper and cherry wood finish. The Bentley Continental EXP 10 Speed 6 exudes both beauty and class, and we hope the British automaker can translate the concept car’s striking details to a production-bound vehicle."
Maybe they should have skimped because it looks pish :)
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Post by sunnydays » Thu Sep 14, 2017 11:27 pm

Those Bentley interiors look amazing to me lol....

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Post by Nictrix » Fri Sep 15, 2017 8:22 am

sunnydays wrote: Thu Sep 14, 2017 11:27 pm Those Bentley interiors look amazing to me lol....
The shapes, design and layout looks great but the colours and the quilting is just too much and looks like it was an interior designer like Lawrence Lewelyn Bowen that furnished them.
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