yeah, the brochure says no more canvas seating. My MY22 order says it has canvas seating but seems as if it might come as a full leather seat now.

 

I’m also in the sf Bay Area like tzhou who mentioned their car was on the Titus, so our cars are probably going to be delivery buddies

 

I don't know for sure, but my Defender is supposed to arrive about the same time. And my dealer is only 8 miles from that port. So hoping mine as traveling along as well. Specified for delivery on June 25th, but dealer says might be sooner. Let's all hope for smooth sailing!

 

Mine is a MY22 X-Dynamic HSE ... they come with the robustec leather lining or something, dealer mentioned that the windsor leather on the MY21 HSEs would wrinkle out over time or something, but I wasn't bothered as there was no option on the X-Dynamic HSE, they all came with robustec. I am not sure if that's what you meant. The other models had some cloth lining in their seatings, that were then upgraded to grained leather.

 

Mine had a build of 4/14 and the same 6/25 delivery date - I'm in Phoenix. Not sure, but I'd guess mine would be on the same cargo ship.

 

My Defender had a build date 4/23 and delivery date of 7/2. As I was impatiently waiting, I found out that the Defender arrived at my dealer today! A month ahead of schedule. That was with the larger screen. Can’t wait to pick it up in Salt Lake City.

 

Awesome! Congrats!

 

Duuuude... I hope same with me!

 

The Robustec is the outer cloth like material and the center of the seats is leather, at least in the SE. It appears decent enough and should last quite awhile. I had a leather interior in my Jaguar XF-S and people were concerned the leather wouldn't hold up as it was some new type...but after 5 years it looked like new. As for cleaning the Robustec, JLR recommends simply a damp cloth...we will see how that pans out. I do have one Defender with the khaki interior so dirt won'
t show; the one with the acorn interior may get stained from blue jeans though.

 

I was pretty confused what Robustec was as well.. I did some digging and was able to find this info:Amy Frascella, Director, Color and Materials:

“Essentially a tool – obtaining this balance of tactility, softness and durability was key to create a modern premium aesthetic for both the interior and exterior materials. We have enabled innovation of materials by creating new approaches to development, challenging conventions of traditional methods of make and modifying existing technologies.”

That’s a long way of saying that Robustec should keep the inside of your Defender from wearing too quickly while looking cool and feeling nice.

Brochure:

Defender X-Dynamic takes this even further. In the cabin you’ll find our highly durable Robustec. It’s PU platelets are incredibly hard wearing and abrasion resistant. So much so, in fact, that when the fabric was tested it passed all usual tests with flying colors replicating a lifespan equivalent to 30 years.