I believe you are talking about the soft look leather seat option that came with the full leather package were the seats look a bit scrunched up. That is by no means cheap that was a premium leather option people paid extra for.
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1999 Ocean Blue Metallic Boxster - blueboxster.com
Wow, those do look a little rough. Do the seat bottoms and backs have little pin holes throughout? If so, the seat and the back are leather "inlays", but the rest of the seat is vinyl...ummm..."leatherette".