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i3: Seating
Slim Seat
The Slim Seat is an advanced seating development designed to meet carmaker demands for distinctive-looking, slim-line seating.The concept combines comfort and safety with a lean, dynamic seating design.
Benefits:
- Improved packaging, more space for rear seat passengers
- Solution in line with current trend towards lean seating design
- High level of comfort
- The transparent, open texture conveys a sense of spaciousness
Rear Seat Flexibility
A clean storage vs a hidden storage area is ensured using mechanisms, such as Mechatronic Release and Open Seating, to ensure user-friendly rear seat flexibility operation.
Benefits:
Mechatronic Release:
- Improved access - since the switches can be placed at different locations in the car
- No releasing effort
- Different combinations of folding and stowing movements are possible
High-quality appearance and craftsmanship
- Open Seating:
- Slim package
- Self-deploying side bolsters provide very good side support
- Seat stows away in one fluid motion to create a true zero-degree, fold-flat load floor
