These Cars Have The Best Seats

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The driver's seat is nan astir important portion of your car, but truthful galore cars conscionable person immoderate benignant of inoffensive chair. It's a point you beryllium on, it's sewage a back, and that's astir it — nary typical considerations for comfort, functionality, aliases cornering Gs. Today, though, we aren't present to talk astir those seats. Today, we're present to talk astir nan automakers that sewage it right, and nan cars pinch nan beast drivers' seats successful nan automotive world. 

My pick was a brace of fixed-back racing seats I grabbed disconnected of Facebook Marketplace successful a anterior life and installed successful an already way fresh NB Miata, but your answers mostly stuck to seats installed by "automakers" at a "factory." Plenty of you picked Volvo to beryllium that automaker, but location are much connected nan database — let's dive done your apical answers, and return a look astatine nan champion automotive seats. 

Volvo

The Swedes return nan apical spot present erstwhile it comes to axenic comfortableness and support. P1 Volvo V70 and SAAB 9-5 Aero are 2 that harvester nan champion of some worlds pinch nan Volvo seats coming retired connected top. Not only are nan beforehand seats comfortable successful nan Volvo, nan rear seats are beautiful bully arsenic well.

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Ford

I perfectly emotion nan Recaro seats successful my 2013 Focus ST. Some group dislike them for really aggressively bolstered they are, but I emotion them for conscionable that reason. They're truthful supportive and comfortable for regular driving, particularly complete agelong distances. I conscionable wish you could person gotten nan heated, powerfulness ST3 seats successful nan saccharine two-tone finishes that were disposable connected nan lesser ST2 trim.

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Volvo

Possibly conscionable me, but Volvo Seats from nan 90's to 00's. I had a 2004 S60 that had nan astir comfortable seats I've sat successful and besides sat successful different Volvo's from nan clip and loved each of them. Very thought retired pinch practicality of having a built successful pouch successful nan beforehand to spot my phone, comfortableness and expertise to clasp you successful spot astir turns.

There whitethorn beryllium amended seats, but for me, I'll return those older Volvo seats immoderate time of nan week.

Submitted by: Matt G.

These whitethorn good be, by portion number, nan aforesaid seats arsenic nan V70. I will not beryllium checking, to sphere nan illusion. 

Mazda

The existent gen Mazda 3 Premium seats person awesome ergonomics. Cushioning is conscionable correct and they are really wonderfully supportive. Unfortunately, nan car is fto down by nan torsion beam rear suspension and debased floor plan tires that origin moreover mini bumps to clang done to nan occupants.

The seats successful nan GTI are awesome arsenic well.

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Ford

Hands down nan GT350 Recaro seats. I've driven hundreds of cars and ne'er been much comfortable complete agelong stretches successful these seats. Fully supportive while besides being highly comfortable complete agelong region cruising.

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Audi

A instrumentality of much caller Audi "S" seats. Have comfortably done 15+ hr driving days successful my S3 and The Wife's SQ5 moreover though nan suspension isn't needfully group up for agelong hauls.

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There's nary measurement those are nan aforesaid seats successful some cars, right?

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1999 Volvo S70 has nan champion car seats I person ever used. They were amended than nan astir costly cars I person ever driven including a Rolls Royce Ghost, Bentley Continental, Lambo Urus, and Rolls Royce Wraith. Note: I person driven these cars NOT owned them.

Submitted by: Tex

Do I request to spell thrust an aged Volvo? We're already connected nan 3rd Volvo connected nan list, and I'm desperately trying to see non-Swedes successful present to equilibrium it each out. Also, listen, I cognize this photograph is from a weird angle. Blame Volvo's PR section successful 1996.

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Volvo/Polestar seats are beautiful bully ( ain one) but 1 that will astonishment some, nan leather spot action of nan aged Saturn SL2 backmost successful 1996 was unbelievably comfortable, topping thing I've driven aliases owned, and I've owned BMWs and Mercedes.

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My individual preference–for a somewhat obscure one–was my 1990s Mazda MX-6 (with nan leather package). Car and Driver agreed, successful a comparison trial (though they liked small other astir nan car).

Submitted by: Joe Stricker

I'm really scraping nan bottommost of nan tube to find interior photos here. 

My 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee pinch pillow apical leather seats. It was from an era erstwhile American car makers understood that seats were an integral portion of nan suspension and you needed thing to thief make a comfortable thrust complete our variably bully and bad roads.

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