I've only seen the seat piping on leather 2.8's. I, most likely, will be purchasing a 1.8T. Does the Advance Ecru leatherette come with piping? If so, is it blue or black piping?<p>Thanks.

Jim, I have posted that I think my 96 Ecru interior (w/europa blue) has not been topped since IMO. I personally find the Gray atmosphere to be really bad. That's just my taste. My question is, how does the gray sell? Also, you said Ecru/Blue only with Santorin. How about white. Same with Ecru/Black, what's better with Cactus Green? Or Melange? How did that Cognac sell? I thought it looked pretty good with Black.<br>What about Jaspis? Onyx or Ecru? Just wondering.<br>Bill<p><p><br>

The grey interior is the biggest seller,because it looks the best with the greatest number of interiors (except silver IMHO).<br>The problem with, say, ecru/black in a Cactus car is that you have three SHARPLY contrasting colors in and around a small car. Again, THIS IS MY OPINION, and by no means the final word! A cactus car really looks best with grey. Cognac was REALLY nice; they should never have replaced it with Terracotta. They've already replaced Terracotta with "Clay" in the 99.5s because Terracotta was a sales problem. Now, interestingly, I've seen/sold quite a few Brilliant and Racing green A6s with Terracotta leather, and those cars are knocked-out.

98.5 Avant QMS pearl with the groovy ecru leather and blue piping - Ambiente style