Mattes Finish: Ultra-Lux Interiors

**mpollard** · #1 (**permalink**) 07-29-2006, 06:52 PM

<h5>Mattes Finish: German Company Goes All Out on Ultra-Lux Interiors</h5>

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<p class="dateposted">Date posted: 07-29-2006

STUTTGART, Germany — You could think of Reinald Mattes as the Dior of the automotive interior.

His company, Mattes Interieurtechnik, adds the personal touch to the interiors of sports and luxury cars. Leather, Alcantara, carbon-fiber and wood grain are all liberally called upon to add the ultraluxury touch to high-end vehicles.

The company says it has 'practically no limits' to color — including custom dyeing — and materials. In addition, it looks at ergonomics with an eye for perfect fit, adjusting seat positions, upholstery design (including thickness and side bolster placement), and steering wheel size and position to the car's intended occupants.

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Color coordination of trim, seating, seatbelts and airbag cushions, matching trunk lining to the vehicle's passenger compartment — and even carefully selecting and matching thread colors and styles — are all details seen to by Mattes.

Naturally, owners of Porsches and Mercedes-Benzes are well represented on the Mattes client list, but the company hastens to add it works on trucks and buses with equal aplomb.

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What this means to you: Want to match the carpeting on your Boxster to your lucky socks? This is the place that can do it.

**Santa Fe** · #2 (**permalink**) 07-29-2006, 07:00 PM

My socks are going to have to get a lot luckier to afford that...

Fredyy · #3 (**permalink**) 07-29-2006, 08:49 PM

Wouldn't it just be a lot easier on everyone if the manufacturers would make coordinated, integrated interiors instead of all this color mish-mash video-game stuff they are making these days. Porsche doesn't seem to be quite as bad as some others, but still there are all those black and aluminum trim pieces, highlights and accents. That stuff is especially unattractive in the beige, brown, terracotta and cocoa interiors. If some people want mix-and-match patterns, they could be optional (like wood and carbon suites, and 'deviating' carpets). But Ithink the basic design should be unified, coherent and seamlessly harmonized.

**P-nut** · #4 (**permalink**) 07-29-2006, 10:13 PM

Right on, Fredyy. 100% agree with every word.