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The interior is the most important part
of your car. Well, sort of. Obviously it’s
imperative to have oodles of power to play
with – the more the better, really – and a
cunningly tweaked chassis to cope with it,
and the right rims and an on-point stance
and exterior aesthetics to make other road
users ooze with envy... but let’s face it,
you’re physically inside the car and you
need it to be nice in there. No matter how
pretty or quick your ride may be, if it’s got a
crap interior it’ll make you sad.
There’s all sorts you can do to spruceup a lacklustre interior, the aftermarket
can furnish you with endless options when
it comes to seats, steering wheels, audio
upgrades, carpets, rollcages, you name it.
But some manufacturers got it right from
the start. Sometimes a car comes out of the
factory with innards so sublime, everyone
else wants to copy the idea and stick such
things in their own cars. And here, focusing
particularly on seats and dashboards, we’ve
pulled together our ten favourites, ripe for
you to pillage from scrapyards and bolt into
your Corsas and Civics...TOP 10 INTERIORS
INTERIORS
Recaro fi shnets
A timeless classic here. The fi shnet reference has nothing to do with the stockings your quirky
uncle wears to School Disco – see the headrests? They’ve got a mesh in there, that’s why they’re
called that. Now, these seats were the absolute daddies through the late-1970s to the 1990s in
old-school Fords, and they’ve still got a strong following today. These Recaros appeared in the Mk2
Escort RS2000, replacing the earlier Scheel items, and went on to star in the Mk3 Capri (trimmed
in tartan!) and various other models. They’re very much sought after today and change hands for
silly money... but we’ve got a little secret for you: the Suzuki Ignis Sport of 2003 had a very similar
set of fi shnet Recaros, and you can grab those much cheaper. No-one will know the diff erence and
you’ll be a retro hero!