While shopping for a new SUV, I have always been adamant about NOT getting a black leather interior due to how hot it gets in the summer.

Now, having nearly decided on purchasing an Outlander XLS with most of the bells and whistles, and seeing the color combinations with light colored leather interior severely limited, and not really liking the color "beige" anyway, I was curious..........

Of those who have the charcoal/black leather interior who were a bit concerned about how hot it would get in the summer, has the dark colored leather worked out for you? Has it not been as bad in the summer as you thought it might be?

(I'm down to two choices to make for a new Outlander XLS with luxury package: (1) silver with charcoal leather OR dark blue with beige leather, and (2) navigation package OR no navigation package. By the way, the silver roof rails match pretty closely with the silver exterior paint, as I saw at a dealer earlier today.)

Bud H

 

Leather is leather. It gets hot in the summer thats the bottom line. Direct sun light cooks them. Get a sunvisor and block the sun out of the window and your good for the summer. Its a really added bonus in the winter when you put the warmers on.

I would suggest the navigation. Its freakn awesome and dead on. Controlling everything from the head unit is awesome too.

 

I'd worry more about the MPG and other more important things than what color the leather is or isn't.