Take Action: Help Put Kindness Behind the Wheel!

• If you drive a car with a non-leather interior or if a car company was especially accommodating with your request for a non-leather interior, click here to let us know. We may put your testimonial on this site or use it in our literature. PETA reserves the right to edit testimonials for grammar and brevity. Please include your name, name of city or state in which you live, and your occupation. To read the testimonials of other consumers, click here.
• If you currently drive a car with a leather interior, please consider removing the leather, replacing it with a non-leather material and sending the leather back to the CEO of the car company along with a letter that clearly explains that cruelty to animals in the form of leather will not be tolerated. Let PETA know if you plan to take this action by clicking here.
• Carmakers are working hard to promote leather as a luxury so they can sell it at high prices and increase demand for it. Sustained pressure from consumers is needed to convince car companies to turn their backs on the use of animal skins. Sign this online appeal to promise that the next car you purchase will not have a leather interior, and encourage your friends, family members, and coworkers to sign, too. PETA will share the appeal with car companies to let them know that there is a demand for nonleather cars. You can also click here to print out group or individual appeal sheets to complete and mail to PETA’s U.S. headquarters at 501 Front St., Norfolk, VA 23510. If you live in or closer to Europe, click here to print out group or individual appeal sheets to complete and mail to PETA Europe, Ltd., P.O. Box 36668, London SE1 1WA England.
  

  Write and get your friends and family to write to the following car companies (DaimlerChrysler, GM, Toyota, Ford, and BMW):
  
  Thank DaimlerChrysler, maker of Mercedes-Benz, for agreeing to make all future Mercedes-Benz models available with a leather-free option, either direct at the dealership or via special order. Urge DaimlerChrysler to do the same for its other brands.
  
  If you are currently shopping for a car when you write, say so! If you have the means to purchase these companies' vehicles, mention it! And if you are a consumer who has tried to buy a top-model car with a non-leather interior but were refused, let these companies know how that made you feel!

  DaimlerChrysler HQ
  Jürgen Schrempp
  Chair of the Management Board
  DaimlerChrysler
  Epplestrasse 225
  70546 Stuttgart
  Germany
  + 49-711-17-0
  + 49-711-17-93830 (fax)
  Send a copy of your letter to Mr. Schrempp to Mr. Halata and Mr. Zetsche if you live in the U.S., to Mr. Blonde if you live in Canada, or to Mr. Steffen if you live in the U.K.

  Paul Halata, CEO
  Mercedes-Benz
  P.O. Box 350
  1 Mercedes Dr.
  Montvale, NJ 07645
  201-573-6893
  
  Dieter Zetsche, Chair
  DaimlerChrysler
  1000 Chrysler Dr.
  Auburn Hills, MI 48326
  248-512-3164
  
  Mr. P.M. Blonde, Chair
  Executive Review Committee
  DaimlerChrysler Canada, Inc.
  P.O. Box 1621
  Windsor, ON N9A 4H6
  519-973-2000
  
  Wilfried Steffen, President and CEO
  DaimlerChrysler UK Ltd
  Tongwell
  Milton Keynes
  Buckinghamshire
  MK15 8BA
  (01908) 668899
  (01908) 664351 (fax)
  
  Thank Saab for allowing consumers to order any Saab model with a completely leather-free interior and for working to minimize the amount of leather in its cars. Urge General Motors, maker of Saab brand, to do the same for its other brands:
  
  Saab AB
  Åke Svensson, President and CEO
  Bröderna Ugglas gata
  SE-581 88 Linköping
  Sweden
  +46-13-18-00-00
  +46-13-18-00-11 (fax)
  
  General Motors
  G. Richard (Rick) Wagoner Jr.
  President, CEO & Director
  General Motors Corporation
  300 Renaissance Ctr.
  Detroit, MI 48265-3000
  313-556-5000
  248-696-7300 (fax)
  
  Thank Toyota for making its Prius unavailable with a leather interior. Urge Toyota to make ALL of its brands and models available with a leather-free option, either direct or via special order:
  
  Toyota Motor Corporation
  Fujio Cho, President
  1, Toyota-cho
  Toyota, Aichi 471-8571
  Japan
  +81-565-28-2121
  +81-565-23-5800 (fax)
  
  Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc.
  Yukitoshi Funo, President and CEO
  19001 S. Western Ave.
  Torrance, CA 90509
  310-468-4000
  310-468-7800 (fax)
  
  Urge Ford to make ALL of its brands and models available with a leather-free option, either direct or via special order.
  
  Ford
  William Clay Ford Jr., Chair & CEO
  Ford Motor Company
  1 American Rd.
  Dearborn, MI 48126-2798
  313-322-3000
  1-800-555-5259
  313-845-6073 (fax)
  
  Urge BMW to make ALL of its brands and models available with a leather-free option, either direct or via special order:
  
  Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
  Helmut Panke, Chair of the Board of Management
  Petuelring 130
  D-80788 Munich, Germany
  +49-89-382-0
  +49-89-382-2-44-18 (fax)
  
  BMW of North America, LLC
  Tom Purves, Chair and CEO
  300 Chestnut Ridge Rd.
  Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677
  201-307-4000
  1-800-334-4269
  201-307-4095 (fax)


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