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Sun-reflective leather keeps convertible's seats cooler

05/06/2020

A sun-reflective coating applied to interior leather of the 2021 Mercedes E-Class Cabriolet is said to keep seats 55 degrees cooler under direct sunlight.

Steffen Schierholz, Mercedes manager of global product communications for E-Class and others, told Car and Driver that the sun-reflective leather has special colour pigments designed to reflect sunlight instead of absorbing it.

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