I have just test drievn a RRS against the BMW X5 and decided to go for the RRS 3.0 HSE, probably in Santorini Black. what does everyone recommend for the interior and is the premium leather worhwhile ?

Thanks

Phil

Premium leather is now standard on 2010 HSE. Ivory or Ebony both with contrast stitching are popular colours to go with a Black exterior. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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Thanks Tim

The brochure I have seems to show a two tone ebony/lunar colour or ebony/ebony if I pay a bit extar for premium perforrated leather ???

Hi Phil, Firstly, Welcome to the forum.
I have just replaced my 2007 Sport with a new Santorini Black 2010 HSE model.
After much deliberating I went for the Ebony premium leather with Ivory Contrast stitching.
and the Anigre wood inserts.
I am really happy with it. I have posted a couple of pics of the car below. Hope this helps.

P.S. If you want any pics of anything specific in the car just let me know & I'll try and post it for you.

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Premium leather is as mentioned now standard although the vehicle has gone up by the same amount. We delivered 80-odd 2010 RRS last year and every single one had premium leather (even the SE's).

Colour is such a personal choice and from experience takes more time to choose than the vehicle itself. My personal choice would be:

Santorini Black with Ivory leather & contrast stitching, with Anigre wood.

Yes it's a pain to keep clean, and with a 4 year old and 2 year old like mine you have to impose strict rules......

But it looks fantastic!

James

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Thanks everyone. Just so I am clear, 'prremium' is what the brochure refers to as a'premium perforated' as opposed to 'alacantra' ?
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philw wrote:

Thanks everyone. Just so I am clear, 'prremium' is what the brochure refers to as a'premium perforated' as opposed to 'alacantra' ?
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Correct, what you see in my pic of my cars interior is what you now get as standard (premium perforated) but the contrast stitch is still an optional extra - but in my opinion well worth the cost.

Another option that is offered is called "extended Leather" Personally I think this is a seriously over priced
option as you already get leather on the dashboard top and door top panels anyway! But again, it's all a matter
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I've got the Santorini Black with Ivory Leather + Piano Black Wood (Pics in Gallery).

Looks amazing - the only drawback with this is once a Month I have to clean the drivers seat as the blue dye from my jeans comes off on it. Had the car since October & each time the marks come off no problem.

Everyone who has got in my car has commented how lovely the interior is - but I don't think you can too far wrong with any choice!! '10 Jaguar XKR Coupe 5.0L Supercharged.
Kyanite Blue/Ivory + Piano Black Trim.