I like the look of the beige or cream leather, but as I do around 50k km per year, id be worried it might not be a good option and that I should go for black.

 

Anyone here have cream, and if so, how is it wearing for you over time? 

‘Only’ got 16K miles on mine but the cream (ventilated) leather still looks like new, I clean it every 2 - 3 months with Dr. Leather cleaner.

I'd always go for black myself. Hides the dirt better and is a more 'neutral'/ desirable colour when you come to sell it on.

Cream looks nice enough but isn't everybody's cuppa tea.

 

(sorry Gizmo )

Don’t apologise Lee... we are all different.

 

Had black in my MKII Superb and TBH it doesn’t really ‘hide’ the dirt as they go shiny (dirt) the cream certainly does not ‘need’ cleaning any more often IMO... but then most people probably won’t clean the leather no matter the colour 

 

The main thing to consider is the colour of the car as certain colours will go better with cream and some better with black.

We were going for cream but were talked out of it.

Now I am glad that we chose black. With the sunroof and even the shade closed, the car still gets enough light into it not to make it appear too dark.

Black is a bullet proof colour that keeps the car interior look clean, even if it isn't.

Everyone will have a different opinion about this, its like choosing the right exterior colour.  As Gizmo points out above, the colour combination (interior/exterior/dash) will be important.  Generally, a darker exterior will look very well with the contrasting lighter beige interior and vice versa.  From a practicality point of view, many of us have had more than one car with ivory/beige without any issues and I'm surprised how well beige holds up even with minimal cleaning.

I've got black leather in my Passat and I wouldn't say it hides the dirt that well. Well, it may hide some, but any non-black dirt shows up really well. I think it's similar to how black paint is one of the hardest colours to keep looking clean. Very little dirt is actually as black as the paint (or the leather), so everything else shows up.

I split the difference and got brown

I hate dark interiors and would go for beige or tan everytime, I'm not much of a cleaner but never notice it looks dirty, the only way it can get dirty is by you sitting in the car with dirty clothes which I doubt many will do!

Have to clean the blue dye from jeans off the edges where you get in and out every now and then otherwise looks as good as new.

With over 200 000 km on my beige leather interior there's wear evident on the bolster and outer edge of the driver's seat, but I reckon beige shows up less dirt than black, though it depends on what the dirt is. Certainly mud, sand and crumbs show up more on black than beige surfaces.

 

I also like the way on sunny days the beige interior doesn't get as hot, though I'm comparing with the black Octavia, with black fabric seats I had before this.

 

As for colour combinations, I reckon the blue exterior with beige interior and black carpets and 'wood' trim is the nicest colour combination I've seen for the Superb II - part of why I bought that one after seeing a few black interiors and silver cars . I haven't seen the blue option in the Mk3 in the flesh to decide whether it's still the best though.

I had cream on my S2. I did 60000 miles over 6 years and despite 2 children and being well used, it still looked ok at the end.

I did however clean it reasonably often using Autoglym leather cleaner and feed about every 6 months.

I now have an S3 with cream ventilated seats and so far, again with occasional cleaning looks great.

Both were on Cappuccino coloured cars which is not to everyone's taste but the combination looked good (for me anyway).