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Rear bench seat for three adult passengers in an AMC Ambassador Bucket seat with six-point seat belts from Schroth in Porsche 997 GT3 RS 3.8. A bucket seat is a separate seat with a contoured platform designed to accommodate one person, distinct from a bench seat that is a flat platform designed to seat up to three people.
The configuration of a car body is typically determined by the layout of the engine, passenger and luggage compartments, which can be shared or separately articulated. A key design feature is the car's roof-supporting pillars , designated from front to rear of the car as A-pillar, B-pillar, C-pillar and D-pillar.
Small (only 2.29 m (7.5 ft) long by 1.37 m (4.5 ft) wide) and egg-shaped, with bubble-type windows, the entire front end of the car hinged outwards to allow entry. In the event of an accident, the driver and passenger were to exit through the canvas sunroof. The steering wheel and instrument panel swung out with the single door, simplifying ...
A high-occupancy vehicle lane on Interstate 5 in Seattle. A high-occupancy vehicle lane (also known as an HOV lane, carpool lane, diamond lane, 2+ lane, and transit lane or T2 or T3 lanes) is a restricted traffic lane reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles with a driver and at least one passenger, including carpools, vanpools, and transit buses.
A limousine (/ ˈ l ɪ m ə z iː n / or / l ɪ m ə ˈ z iː n /), or limo (/ ˈ l ɪ m oʊ /) for short, [1] is a large, chauffeur-driven luxury vehicle with a partition between the driver compartment and the passenger compartment which can be operated mechanically by hand or by a button electronically. [2]
A sedan or saloon (British English) [1] [2] is a passenger car in a three-box configuration with separate compartments for an engine, passengers, and cargo. [3] The first recorded use of sedan in reference to an automobile body occurred in 1912. [4]
In case one can make seat reservations, train seating plans or train seat maps [2] are provided in computer reservation systems to allow future train passengers to select their seat, usually an aisle seat or window seat. On railway platforms passenger information systems generally display coach and seat numbers, allowing passenger to more ...
The Vagabond and Traveler models also had folding rear seats and a shared volume for the passengers and cargo. [31] The design was neither fully a sedan nor a station wagon, but the folding rear seat provided for a large, 8-foot (2.4 m) long interior cargo area. [32] These Kaiser-Frazer models have been described as "America's First Hatchback ...