alcantara

[ubmwadmin]

can someone explain to our members exactly what "alcantara" is?

It's commonly found as a leather substitue for performance products in BMW parts that come into contact with the drivers hands.

[ElSupremo]

can someone explain to our members exactly what "alcantara" is?

It's commonly found as a leather substitue for performance products in BMW parts that come into contact with the drivers hands.
Alcantara is a manmade micro-fiber ultrasuede. More info can be found here: http://www.ultrasuede.com/products/automotive/oem/

[anisamy2]

Thanks for the info. Same question was in my mind also but I never cared about it.