I ordered my '06 JCW with Space Gray cloth. Now I see that it is not available right now. Does this mean my car will not have it when delivered in Sept.?

 

I'd say it's a pretty safe bet space grey cloth won't be available then, so yes, I would start thinking about an alternate seating material.

 

And when were they going to tell me?!!!

 

By the way DiD; do you know why it is not available?

 

There was a fire at the fabric supplier.
http://motoringfile.com/2005/12/15/s...-january-2006/

 

I believe I read somewhere that they lost the manufacturer of the cloth for the seats, so it will be unavailable for a while until they can find another source.

I wouldn't be SHOCKED if this spelled the end of cloth seats for good since you can't get them in BMWs. I know it doesn't make sense in that the MINI is in a different price range (save for 30K MCSs), but BMW has done other things that don't make sense.

mb

 

Does that mean my 06 MSC with space cloth seats will be rare and worth more? Someday I'll be selling it on Barrett-Jackson! WooHoo!

 

I see. Thanks to all!!

 

Sounds like you have quite a bit of time before your car goes into production, might as well wait and see what happens for a bit before choosing the alternative. Who knows, maybe they will be able to start producing it again or perhaps there will be some new options introduced in the time you have.

 

I hope that you're right!