Can anyone tell me if the current JCW cloth seats are a combo of letherette around the sides(red stiching) with checkered cloth center inserts. I can't find a good picture and my MA didn't seem confident.

 

My 2013 JCW Hardtop cloth seats are all cloth. In fact they are a different kind of cloth than I've seen in cars before. They are some kind of synthetic material, and kind of slick when you slide into them. I like them over leather or leatherette because they don't get hot sitting in the sun in a closed car. I first chose leatherette when I ordered my car, then changed to cloth because my wife's Clubman has leatherette seats and they get hot and sticky in the sun. It was the right choice for me!!

 

I have heated cloth seats in my 2011 - I love them - cool in the summer - and they get warm in the winter!

 

Go with the cloth...they are awesome