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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
1. Narrowing the rear wheel track
2. If you widen the front of the cabin slightly, the rear passenger could gain some much needed legroom; by letting their feet rest between the front seats.
3. ..................rear passengers face backward.
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Thanks for the continued discussion Neil.
1. I don't want to narrow the rear track, or make it a 3-wheeler. For this exercise I want to solve for a simple four corner car, maybe I'll do as you mention on a future exercise. I'm setting some self imposed limits for no reason other than setting some restrictions to solve by. For instance, I don't want van/truck-like upright seating and therefore want to keep this exercise low like a car.
2. I think the layout you suggest combined with the bubble front I have would lead to a four diamond in lieu of four square seating pattern. However, with this car so cab-forward already I would not dare make it any wider.
3. I looked at rear facing rear seating before on the VW Beetle thread. In that situation it did not work well because of that engine, but I also did not see a huge advantage either (admit to small advantage).
I want to keep with the three seating layout as I did with the plastic poster board model which used gold balls as helmets.
Three seats is something already in the market in my opinion. Any 2+2 such as a Porsche 911 with tiny rear seats, allows an adult to sit sideways, or at least toss one leg over to the other side of the center hump.
Old VW thread mentioned:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...-16550-18.html
EDIT: 06/01/12 UPDATE
Industrial Design - Transportation pictures by kach22i - Photobucket
EDIT-UPDATE 06/02/12
Industrial Design - Transportation pictures by kach22i - Photobucket
EDIT 06/03/12 Added a side vent similar to the earlier sketch
Like this one:
More Changes:....headlights
Even more 06/04/12
