Hi Jim,

Interior finishing is somewhat subjective, as what some people may like, others may not. It’s difficult to say precisely how the Audi would be different to a Golf GTD, given they’re both high-end premium products from the same manufacturing group, but in the Audi you’re supposed to be enjoying better infotainment set-ups, nicer dash-top finishing and Audi’s own designs of switchgear and graphics/fonts. All of these little things add up to make a car feel more special or not.

As regards the harder plastics in modern cars, there naturally have to be some harder-wearing materials lower down in the cabin – if you think about it, you might accidentally kick or scuff these panels with your shoes as you get in and out, so for the lower sides of the transmission tunnel, for instance, to be finished in soft-touch plastics is neither practical nor profitable for a car company.