The six-seater cars are all 2+2+2 layouts, so why not just build a six-seater car with three seats in the front row?
At present, the seat layout in the family car is basically the use of five-seater cars 2+3, six-seat cars 2+2+2, seven-seater cars 2+3+2, 2+2+3 these layouts, some people wonder, like 2+2+2 this layout, but also to build three rows, why not simply add a seat in the front row, so that two rows can put down six seats. The car does not have to be built that long, the use of space is maximized, and it is practical.
Wake up, car companies have already done this, but after argument, this seat layout is a failure, so it is not used again. The first to eat crab is the Fiat mutiplan, which was once rated as the "ten ugliest models in the world", mutiplan was first listed in 1998, this is a special MPV model, the body proportion can be said to be short width and height, the strange body proportions cultivate this ugly to look like a vehicle from the UFO, not only looks ugly, the interior is also very special, set up three seats in the front row, plus three seats in the back row, can sit 6 people.
Such a special model has also been taken by the domestic car company Zotye, Zotye and Fiat cooperated to create a MontiBran, that is, M300, this car length * width * height are 4089 * 1871 * 1695, wheelbase 2666mm, positioned as a small hatchback six-seater car. The width of the car reached 1.87 meters, which was wider than the Buick GL8 and Honda Accord at that time, and it looked very good, two rows of 6 people could sit, the body was short and flexible, the space utilization was maximized, and the front seat in the middle could be lowered as an armrest box when it was not sitting. In the conventional 6-seat state, the storage space of the trunk is 430L, and the maximum volume of the trunk can be expanded to 1900L after the rear row is down. It looks good, but the response after the listing is not good, and the highest monthly sales are only a few hundred units.
Zotye M300 sales are poor, in addition to the weak brand appeal, the exterior interior design is strange, this six-seat seat layout also has many problems,
1. Easy to drive fatigue
Zotye M300 front row is a three-seat design, if the front seat of three people, so that the armrest box is gone, the driver can only drive with the steering wheel when driving, long-distance driving, it is easy to fatigue.
2. Affect driving safety
When the car designer itself designs the car, the armrest box and the compartment are placed in the front two seats, which is to reduce the impact of the co-driver on the driver, and now it is good, and the middle can also sit people, if it is a boy who is sitting, if it is a girl, hanging a gear can touch the thigh of the female passenger in the middle, you say can not affect the driving safety?
3, the middle position security is poor
There are two fatal problems with placing the seat in the middle of the front row, one is the problem of the seat belt, where it is difficult to lay out the three-point seat belt, even if the seat belt is fixed from the ceiling, it is difficult to meet the safety requirements. The second is that the airbags can not be arranged, the front is the dashboard, there is no way to put down the airbags, that is to say, when the accident occurs, the passengers in the middle are basically running naked, there is no safety protection, instead of you, do you dare to sit on the middle of the car at high speed?
Therefore, the Zotye M300 car, in China is a flash in the pan, only updated two models to the end, and finally no other car companies launched other front-row three-seat six-seat models. The six-seater model eventually returned to the most reasonable layout form, the 2+2+2 layout, and it is obvious that this layout form is the most reasonable and comfortable. It's just that many people think of driving themselves, and the desire to sit in the front row at the same time for the sister-in-law and wife is difficult to achieve.