TomMoloughney
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Boomer23 said:Tom, do you think that the front seats on the i3 will actually resemble those on this concept, or will they be more conventional buckets? I spoke with Rich Stienberg (not sure if I got the spelling right) at EVS26 and he said that he thought that the actual seats might be more conventional than what we see on the concept.
Interesting you mention Rich Steinberg. Just 15 minutes ago I interviewed him to respond to the story by Automobile Magazine that BMW is concerned about and rethinking the i brand. I knew this was incorrect all along, but BMW didn't want to initially respond because they didn't think it was worth responding to. Well, I wouldn't let up and Rich agreed to let me interview him to set the record straight about this. I'll have the interview up on various sites tomorrow some time. Needless to say, he basically says there was no truth to the article.
As for the seats, I was told they will be VERY similar to what you see on the concept and that they will indeed be bench style to allow the front seating passengers access to exit either side of the vehicle easily. They will move forward and back independently of each other so it's not a true bench seat and that they won't be quite a flat as the concept looks. However I had this conversation months ago and things can obviously change but I was speaking to someone that would know.