Rolls-Royce Drophead Coupe
What Is It: Taking a cue from the fashion world, luxury-car makers are using cashmere or cashmere-like materials to give their vehicles a little more panache.

Several models offer interior options that include "cashmere leather," which refers to the leather's caramel hue as well as its softness. Rolls-Royce incorporates actual cashmere in a convertible top.

How to Get It: The 2007 Cadillac DTS sedan's seat options include cashmere leather, with or without small-perforated panels. The 2007 Cadillac Escalade AWD offers a light cashmere Nuance leather seating, which Cadillac calls its premium leather.

The interior-color option for Pontiac's Torrent includes cashmere leather seats with ebony trim.

At the furthest end of the upscale market, you'll find actual cashmere cloth -- in the ceiling cover of Rolls-Royce's new Drophead Coupe convertible. The coupe's tailored cloth convertible top, which has five layers of insulation lined with cashmere, is designed to cancel the distracting wind roar associated with convertibles and to take up less stowing space.

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