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Why are most modern steering wheels secretly covered in synthetic leather instead of the real thing?

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Why are most modern steering wheels secretly covered in synthetic leather instead of the real thing?

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Why are most modern steering wheels secretly covered in synthetic leather instead of the real thing?
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