Wired has just updated their posted article with the correct price as CGameprogrammer... correctly stated. We could only wish it came in at 22k. As for leather, I dig it. It doesn';t feel right to cover my seats in hide but I might go for it as an option. I never notice the smell or slipperyness in new leather; the stain resistance factor alone makes it worthwhile to me. My car is currently a tribute to 500 cloth stains that magically appear from one day to the next. Cloth for me holds funky odors easily and is constantly in need of a steam cleaning. The funky odors thing might just be a personal issue.