Want to Buy New Sedan with Tan/Beige or Light Grey Interior

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<p>H wants to buy a new car–the first new vehicle HE’s purchased since I’ve known him (over 30 years). He REALLY wants a vehicle that has a light-colored interior and many/most of the ones available seem to only come with dark/black/dark grey interiors.</p>

<p>He also would prefer that it be not much longer than his current vehicle, a S70 Volvo (about 186 inches exterior length), but if needed, a little longer is OK. Would love suggestions. He would probably be using it for driving around town–maybe 5000 miles/year or less. He is NOT interested in electric or hybrid vehicles.</p>

<p>A dark colored interior is a deal breaker (he says he can’t find things dropped or left in a dark interior car and in HI, it’s REALLY hot in these black interior vehicles).</p>

<p>HELP!</p>

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<p>Honda Accord? Toyota Camry or Corolla? Subaru? </p>

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<p>The ones we have seen do NOT have light colored interiors per the manufacturer’s websites–only black or dark grey. Are their websites inaccurate? I am puzzled–H has been doing the research (not me), and he swears that very few makers offer light colored interiors for their new model cars.</p>

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<p>Could he decide which make/model he likes best, then ask the dealer if the lighter color can be ordered?</p>

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<p>VW Jetta TDI - clean diesel, great gas mileage, and fun to drive. Some models have a beautiful cream colored interior. It’s worth a test drive!</p>

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<p>Does he have a preference for cloth versus leather/leatherette(vinyl) seats? Cloth is much less annoying in terms of “hot seats”.</p>

<p>By “light gray” is something like this light enough?

<a href=“http://build.ford.com/dig/Ford/Focus/2014/BP3TT-FULL-INT/Image[|Ford|Focus|2014|1|1.|.P3F..YZ..88E.SDN.SUB.64T.CLO.44Z.SE.89L.583.]/INT/1/vehicle.png[/img]”>http://build.ford.com/dig/Ford/Focus/2014/BP3TT-FULL-INT/Image[|Ford|Focus|2014|1|1.|.P3F..YZ..88E.SDN.SUB.64T.CLO.44Z.SE.89L.583.]/INT/1/vehicle.png

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(Ford Focus “medium light stone” cloth interior)</p>

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<p>Yea, he’s currently now focused on cleaning out the carport so he will have space to park his new baby. YEA! That 's a great present to him and me and our family! </p>

<p>He was under the impression (which appears to be mistaken) that hardly any manufacturers even OFFER light-colored interiors any more. From my brief look at both Honda and Toyota’s website, that seems to be an incorrect impression. Don’t think we’re interested in diesel, as it’s hard to get reliably around here and Costco doesn’t sell it at their station (which is the lowest price gas in our state). We rarely drive, so getting great mileage isn’t a big issue.</p>

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<p>The floormats of that vehicle that you have a photo of would NOT work for him–he wants them light so he can see things if he drops them. That’s the problem–some vehicles offer light colored seats but the carpet & floormats are black or dark grey and he doesn’t like that.</p>

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<p>How about a Volvo S60. I have one with a nice beige leather interior. I love it. If your family has been happy with volvos in the past, why not get another one? </p>

<p>I also previously owned a S70.</p>

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<p>Lighter colored floor mats can easily be bought on the aftermarket (e.g. <a href=“Floor Mats - Laser measured Floor Mats For Perfect Fit | WeatherTech”>http://www.weathertech.com/floorliner-digitalfit/&lt;/a&gt; for custom fit floor mats available in lighter colors as well as darker colors).</p>

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<p>Mercedes offers light interiors–usually ash (grey) or beige. We had a Mercedes with a light interior–t was very hard to keep it clean. Here’s an example of the current color schemes.
<a href=“http://www.mbusa.com/mercedes/vehicles/build/class-GL/model-GL550#tab=tab-interior”>http://www.mbusa.com/mercedes/vehicles/build/class-GL/model-GL550#tab=tab-interior&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks–Mercedes is one of the few brands off the table due to the ongoing problems that my folks and other relatives have had with this brand. Personally, I just want a very reliable car and H really wants something that is light interior and light colored floor mats. I thought it would be a no brainer, but according to H, there aren’t a lot of light colored interiors these days. His car, so he gets the light interior he wants. The car I mostly drive has black floormats and dark grey seats.</p>

<p>Thanks for the website and tip on fitted custom after-market floor mats. That might work for H if the seats are a light color but the floormats are dark. </p>

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<p>My Toyota Camry Hybrid is a 2013… It has a beige interior. I checked and they sell white cars with beige interiors…</p>

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<p>We have intense sun in CO, so we too disliked black interiors. They are very common though. It seems like many of the colors we favored only came with black interior. Example - 2006 Honda Odyssey had a lovely light blue exterior that seemed to come only with black interior. We prioritized interior and went with green/grey exterior to get the grey interior we wanted. It’s pleasant, and we realize that we see the interior lots more than the exterior ourselves anyway.</p>

<p>Our newest car is Audi A6. After three years of hemming and hawing, we ordered it (with corporate discount from my company - yay.) . It has beige-ish exterior and interior. We were told it would have dark mats, but it didn’t. That disappointed DH, who wanted dark to conceal dirt. So he ordered a set of brown mats for the front. </p>

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<p>I just checked out build options for the interior of a couple of the 2015 Camry models. One had almond fabric available and the other offered almond leather. Here’s an Edmunds link with dimensions for the 2014 Camry.
<a href=“http://www.edmunds.com/toyota/camry/2014/features-specs/”>http://www.edmunds.com/toyota/camry/2014/features-specs/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Here are colors for the Accord.
<a href=“Page Not Found | Honda”>Error | Honda;

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<p>Here are dimensions for a 2014 Corolla.
<a href=“http://www.edmunds.com/toyota/corolla/2014/features-specs/”>http://www.edmunds.com/toyota/corolla/2014/features-specs/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Checked and didn’t see anything like an almond interior for a 2015 Corolla. Could be there, but I didn’t see it. </p>

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<p>We have an Accord currently that H dislikes, so I don’t think he wants a Honda. </p>

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<p>Colors and numbers for a 2015 Subaru Legacy:
<a href=“http://www.edmunds.com/subaru/legacy/2015/features-specs/”>http://www.edmunds.com/subaru/legacy/2015/features-specs/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>HImom…and he doesn’t want another Volvo? Why?</p>

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<p>We have 2 Priuses, one that is tan with beige interior, one that is light gray with light gray interior, I haven’t seen any trend towards not offering light interiors. </p>