In an interview with The Magazine, Volkswagen’s head of design Andy Mindt and head of design strategy Christian Schreiber stated that the German car company will stop using cheap plastic in the interior of its cars and replace it with higher quality fabric.
“We’re going to try to get rid of cheap plastic and use more fabric instead to improve the quality, and that will help us save money and use the same elsewhere. An example is a door panel made up of three parts. We’re going to try to design it with one island in the middle. The door handle and the armrest will still be there, but they will be made from one piece. Also, this will make the whole process more sustainable,” Mindt said.
He also said, “I believe that most people don’t want to be the coolest or appear aggressive in public. They want to have a suit and a good exterior, and be happy and optimistic. Why the need to be aggressive? We want to be good guys. “
“When you open the door of a Volkswagen car, the interior must be simple and practical, without excessive decoration. This should also apply to using the car, which is made to cooperate with the driver, not to complicate things. There will be some surprises from the previous cars. E.g. ., we’ll have certain samples, especially for the GTI models, and we’re very protective of these things so we won’t use them for other models,” Schreiber said.
Source: The Magazine; Photo: Volkswagen
