my 1992 525i has cloth interior? anyone know why?

[Lennyz525i]

I have one with cloth seats. Only very few of them in the US. So far I had only seen early 89-90 525s with cloth.

[John in CT]

I vote euro model too. Both Mecedes and BMW sell (or did sell) real stripped models in Euroland. Manual windows and zero trim. Grab any taxi over there and see. We got highline stuff in an effort to upgrade the cars image and because we have (had??) more money,

John

[Blitzkrieg Bob]

No animal hostiliies man...

[Interceptor]

I vote euro model too. Both Mecedes and BMW sell (or did sell) real stripped models in Euroland. Manual windows and zero trim. Grab any taxi over there and see. We got highline stuff in an effort to upgrade the cars image and because we have (had??) more money,

It's because driving a BMW in US was/is considered a luxury. In Europe that's not that big of a deal, especially with Germany so close with cheap second hand bimmers/mercs all over. Most of the used expensive cars can be bought cheap because we have expensive fuel and having a car with a big engine can be a bit pricey. In my country, a lot of bimmers are diesel or run on LPG.

[Interceptor]

Does it also have manual windows? I was looking to buy a 520 that had been imported to the US, it had cloth seats and power windows up front with crank in the rear.

My euro-spec car came with a digital clock, cloth seats, rear window cranks and no A/C. I retrofitted the OBC and rear electric window lifters. I'm planning a trip to Germany to buy cheap some nice electric sport leather seats with heating, rear head rests and automatic A/C, possibly an M-Tech II steering wheel, too.

[Chris'91'525i]

My car was bought by a military guy and shipped back to the USA.
It has nice cloth seating with heat package. Has the reflector triangles in the tool kit and firstaid kit that slides under the front of passengers seat too, which i read is standard OE.
It also has a euro only opiton (I'm pretty sure) ,with the rear center armrest down, it has a water-proof bag that comes out so you can put your snow ski's in the trunk and into the passenger compartment.
My car came with another weird BMW accessory. A (half) car cover. But it only covers the top of car. It only reaches to the bottom of all the windows.
It is made of a silver and international orange material. Wonder if it's a distress signal too ?
Still in it's original package and never used.

Chris

[Tiger]

Some people are allergic to leather and some are earth kisser.

[Gayle]

Young Pete

Do your seats look like Interceptor's? There is a link in his post that has the pic.

After reading other times about the euro model, I have been curious if all the cloth seats have that contrasting color scheme.

[Kakaire]

Besides, I live in the tropics its always terribly hot so I am fine with cloth.

[Interceptor]

Do your seats look like Interceptor's? There is a link in his post that has the pic.

After reading other times about the euro model, I have been curious if all the cloth seats have that contrasting color scheme.

I really doubt it - mine are aftermarket seat covers.