"The interior is designed to evoke a time when auto interiors reflected what people had at home," Mr. Tomasson said.

Lear Corporation (auto interiors)

Johnson Controls, based in Milwaukee, is one of largest suppliers of parts for auto interiors.

I heard about shredded curtains, stolen lingerie, devoured birthday cakes, trashed auto interiors, great escapes, even a swallowed diamond engagement ring, which made Marley's taste for gold chains seem positively lowbrow by comparison.

Auto designers seem almost to take pride in adapting inappropriate materials for auto interiors.

Johnson Controls, the Milwaukee manufacturer of auto interiors, dispatches a business jet four times a day from its heavily guarded flight center at the airfield.

Susan Kennedy, director of consumer research for Johnson Controls, a supplier of auto interiors, said her company's findings indicated that space for social interactions was more important than space for sports equipment.

In auto interiors, Johnson has stayed profitable by steadily expanding its business with foreign automakers like Toyota, Honda and Hyundai.

V.O.C.'s, or volatile organic compounds, are found in paints and in glues and sealants used in auto interiors.