I don't mind the beige leather interior on the GTI but I think VW should provide more choice of materials / colours in general.
I'm not sure that the aluminium trim goes quite as well with the beige as it does with black / anthracite. Again, it's a very personal choice. It's great to see some different GTI's with different trims - it makes the model more interesting.
I like the very pale cream / lemon leather colours that BMW offers. A nice cream leather interior with carbon fibre type trim in place of the aluminium, matched with DBP or laser blue paintwork outside
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But for me, the GTI has some heritage and I preferred the tartan trim which harks suitably back to the MK1. Even if full leather was cheaper than cloth I would go for the tartan as it adds to the charactor of the car. My father in law has an Ed 30 but even with the part leather, I kind of like the cleaner lines of my standard GTI cloth interior (which ironically following my previous commeny) has slightly less tartan on the seat base.