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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why Front Bench Seats Went Away
https://jalopnik.com/why-front-bench-seats-went-away-1776706852

"...bench seats made their exit for a number of reasons. Chrysler phased the seats out completely from its cars in 2004 and Ford followed in 2011, mainly due to customer preference. Per the New York Times, Chevrolet said only 10 percent of its customers chose a bench seat in the Impala at the end of its days. From The Chicago Tribune’s 2004 interview with GM’s vice president of product engineering at the time, Jim Queen:

“The customers seem to have decided the issue,” Queen said. “The reason we dropped bench seats was that the demand had dropped. If you tried to go back to bench seats, people would complain. They prefer bucket seats and split benches.”

Benches also changed due to safety concerns such as airbags, which can provide more direct protection for two passengers in the front than three. "

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Wow. I'm surprised they were still being built has late as 2011. I thought they went away by the end of the 80s.[/quote]

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