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A rumble seat (American English), dicky (dickie/dickey) seat (British English), also called a mother-in-law seat, [1] is an upholstered exterior seat which folded into the rear of a coach, carriage, or early motorcar. Depending on its configuration, it provided exposed seating for one or two passengers.
The extra support from facing backward is the same reason why babies stay in rear-facing car seats for as long as possible, explains Dan Boland, the founder of holidayers.com, and an Airbus A350 ...
With a second-row sunroof, woodgrain side panels, automatic climate control, the ability to pull 7,000 pounds, and an optional rear-facing third row of seats, the Roadmaster — and its lower ...
Before 1956, the third-row seats were forward-facing. Chrysler's 1957 models had a roof too low to permit a forward-facing seat in the cargo area, [citation needed] so a rear-facing seat was used for the third row. General Motors adopted the rear-facing third row for most models during 1959-1971 and 1977–1996.
In the 1960s and 1970s, station wagons based on automobiles often had rear-facing folding seats which were entered by a 2 or 3-way tailgate. Ford used dual-side facing seats which faced each other. Some such as the Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser had a forward-facing third row, an arrangement also common in SUVs such as the Chevrolet Suburban .
The plastic seats in the cargo bed allowed Subaru to classify the BRAT as a passenger car, rather than as a light truck. This significantly reduced the costs of importing BRATS to North America, as passenger cars were charged a 2.5% import tariff, while light trucks were charged a ten times higher 25% import tariff. They were discontinued after ...
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“Keeping children in rear-facing seats is so important, it’s a life-saving measure,” said Christine Haymen, of the American Automobile Association, one of the sponsors of the briefing.