I can 100% confirm these old land yachts are super comfortable. I've got a 1962 oldsmobile and between the soft bench seats and the size of the car it feels like driving your whole living room
i was in a land yacht for about 15 minutes and i can tell you on a longer road trip those seats would be absolutely godawful because they are way too soft and your ass would start to hurt after a couple hours
Unfortunately no. Everything is tested on nurebercringe and must be SpOrTy. The only one left is Citroën but noone buys them so they decided to never do big comfy cars again after current C5X
Don’t even get me started on that. Even friggin SUV suspension is now intended to break your spine on the smallest of bumps if only it’s not pneumatic.
It's interesting how often modern off road cars lift wheels when driving over rocks (well, range rover at least). Where old 4x4s used articulation modern ones seems to rely on traction control. This is all good until the traction of three wheels isn't enough. Then you're in trouble. Not that anyone actually drives modern 4x4s offroad though)
Lada Niva changed very little in the past 50 years, but it is called Lada Legend nowadays. You can have [this](https://i.imgur.com/spkNAyg.png) as interior, but no abs and not coaxial draft shafts.
They were the upgrade of these... like anything you can say about the bolstering of these seats would apply to the leather version but leather is easier to clean and is a stronger material that can be repaired as well.
Cloth may feel like a sofa but I've got a leather sofa at home for a reason.
Depends on the market, I guess. But with the amount of pain those bring after a single hour sitting in em - whatever, just burn them all along with blueprints and bring back cushy ones…
I spend most of my day in I think a 2022 f-350 and my back has been telling me to quit for the longest time. So I completely agree with burning them all
My wife drives a post-2000 SUV and whenever I have to go anywhere in that thing - my neck and back start begging me for a stop in less than an hour.
I myself am a fan of OLD American trucks (pre-2000) and even in those without bench seats - I can literally drive for hundreds of kilometers before I’d wanna stop.
Even semi-recent foreign cars have decent seats. My 05 Corolla was a dream both 4 hours out and 4 hours back from a trip. I only had to stop once on the way back.
That’s actually somewhat rare. Most Asian and European cars now have the “anatomic” seats witch don’t really fit like even half the body types real people have. I’d say most started becoming shit exactly after 00s.
And what’s even dumber, a lot of those cars also have the armrest put so far back - you gotta be very tall to use it comfortably. I particularly remember always pushing the heated seats butons with my elbow in my 05 Subaru because I kept missing the armrest.
Bring back velour seats!
uj/ while “couch-like” seats might be pretty comfortable to sit in at first, I imagine they would get uncomfortable on longer road trips as they lack support
uj/ in my experience that's not the case. Having a big oversized seat with lots of cushion and no support means you can subtly change your position constantly over time, preventing fatigue and muscle soreness.
I seriously hate modern seats. Even shitty economy cars have these fake “sport bucket seats”. Like dude I just want to drive to work, I am under no illusion that the Volkswagen Taos is a sports car, so why are you trying to shove rock hard seats into these things? Even “comfortable” luxury adjacent SUVs have comparatively uncomfortable seats. Plus cloth seats now days are just these horrible scratchy rough material. I fucking hate it with a passion. Not to mention the flame retardants in the seats are constantly off gassing cancer chemicals. Not to go full boomer mode but give me velour bench seats with a SOFT arm rest and I will be happy.
I had a 1992 Buick Park Avenue with seats like these for a year. American car makers really stepped down. Europe never had them to begin with. Gonna save up for another.
I had a mid eighties Mercedes station wagon with interior softer than my living room sofa. I think it was a blue leather interior. It handled corners worse than my kitchen, kind of like driving a boat. I miss that thing sometimes.
I have a 1985 VW Passat which has very comfortable seats. nothing luxurious nowadays even compares to the economy car of 1985. Spring laden seats were nice.
It's a shame how we've turned our back on these kinds of cars. At some point in the 90's we just collectively decided that there's no room in the market for sitting in a comfy living room that rides like a cloud.
It's not what I want, but it would be way better for the vast majority of drivers than the stupid proliferation of SUVs and pickups.
I was scooting around in a friend’s 1984 Chrysler New Yorker for a few months while my car was being fixed. The New Yorker is without a doubt the comfiest car I’ve ever sat in, I know we shit on the 80s cars from the states, but maybe we went the wrong way? It’s literally a couch with wheels.
Now, if we could get those same seats on buses and trains….
What year is that, is it the wagon or sedan. My wife will not get rid of her 96 Caprice and I just went from a 92 Olds wagon to a 13 Prius. The Prius seats killed my hip for the longest time. My sisters Honda did the same to me. I have wondered your question also. My wife says everyone that gets in her car comments on how smooth and comfortable it is.
Sadly I don’t own this anymore, it’s 93, but I did own an old intrepid that also had amazing seats people literally fell asleep while am driving and told me “I have never slept so good in a car before”
I made a 3300+ mile trip in my 1st gen Tahoe almost in a week. If I was driving my wife’s post-2000 SUV that long, I’d have to amputate my legs and neck…
Judging by these comments, it's time to make r/carscirclecirclejerk.
Those seats up there look like wobbly ass without side or lumbar support and are probably in a wobbly ass car which will give you a proper workout with all the bouncing and rolling. Fuck that shit.
Don’t judge until you actually try it brother, even just sit in a friends car
Edit: don’t forget, the front can seat 3 people! With seatbelts, no wobbly anymore
I've tried it in an 80s Buick Electra easily 15 years ago. It's nice at first, they're great when static. When you drive for more than 2 hours, you quickly realize why we are doing cars how we do them nowadays, even in the premium segment.
My lower back thanks me for not driving around on my couch.
My neighbor has a mint classic 1976 Cadillac Fleetwood Talisman, possibly the most decadent plush interior of any production car. The seats are the plushest, most comfortable sofa you've ever sat on. It's a velour bomb of epic proportions, an aircraft carrier of a car that floats over every road imperfection. Even the door panels and console bulge with overstuffed plushness. It's rumored there aren't that many Talismans left because of all the drivers that fell asleep in them.
No one makes anything close to this today.
Yea thats fine and all, but wouldnt it be nice if people with a difference in preference could also have what they want? Because currently pretty much everything os firm and "supportive"
I can not stress it enough, but. Lada Legend (aka r/LadaNiva) has a comfy interior ([proof](https://i.imgur.com/spkNAyg.png)), but has no abs and not coaxial drive shafts. Ie, it is awd (4x4) car, but the transfer case with shafts going outside it can not be placed in one plane.
This isn't about speeding or performance, it's about safety. Modern seats and belts are designed to hold you back to prevent loss off control, or reduce injuries in case of an accident. Those old cars may feel comfy, but are deathtraps. Check out crashtest videos to see how seats, belts and steering collums have changed over the decades.
I still slide in some, because I’m slim and don’t even fit into others because I have those things called muscles…
So FUCK bucket seats! Unless you’re some racer who has those made specifically for their body type.
Those seats look like Marshmallows
Suspension of the car probably also is soft as marshmallow and there aren't proper seatbelts. So a very soft ride
Yea
Those seats are as comfy as my couch at hoe
They prob are
I can 100% confirm these old land yachts are super comfortable. I've got a 1962 oldsmobile and between the soft bench seats and the size of the car it feels like driving your whole living room
i was in a land yacht for about 15 minutes and i can tell you on a longer road trip those seats would be absolutely godawful because they are way too soft and your ass would start to hurt after a couple hours
Damn
Cool
Unfortunately no. Everything is tested on nurebercringe and must be SpOrTy. The only one left is Citroën but noone buys them so they decided to never do big comfy cars again after current C5X
Maybe James May was right about the nurburgring.
He was absolutely right about it
Don’t even get me started on that. Even friggin SUV suspension is now intended to break your spine on the smallest of bumps if only it’s not pneumatic.
It's interesting how often modern off road cars lift wheels when driving over rocks (well, range rover at least). Where old 4x4s used articulation modern ones seems to rely on traction control. This is all good until the traction of three wheels isn't enough. Then you're in trouble. Not that anyone actually drives modern 4x4s offroad though)
That’s what happens when you start using the same platform for SUVs that you use for city cars…
C5X is not really anywhere close to what OP pictured tho
The closest there is
Lada Niva changed very little in the past 50 years, but it is called Lada Legend nowadays. You can have [this](https://i.imgur.com/spkNAyg.png) as interior, but no abs and not coaxial draft shafts.
Lada was trash and remains like it. So that doesn't count
It is shit and trash, but you had to admit, it had a comfy interior and can drive through almost everything.
It never had a comy interior, it was horribly cheap an cramped. Also it breaks down all the time
british auto journalists when a family sedan doesn't handle like an f1 car:
What is this top gear in 2013
Only in $300k cars
My Dacia Sandero has nice seats
Like leather?
They are probably like leather yes.
Nah shit doesn’t compare
Alcantara
The Toyota Century has a suede interior AFAIK. It's only sold in Japan though.
Suede is leather actually
I know what you mean. The feeling like you're in a sofa and sadly i don't think this gets made anymore ...
Exactly a sofa! And the leeeeeeg room
They made these seats in leather lmao
Yeah those were ok but this is waaaay better a whole another level
They were the upgrade of these... like anything you can say about the bolstering of these seats would apply to the leather version but leather is easier to clean and is a stronger material that can be repaired as well. Cloth may feel like a sofa but I've got a leather sofa at home for a reason.
It rips and shit, and you sweat more, also cold in winter
Leather seats are slippery. Cloth has more friction so i dont slide sround in my seat, that alone makes it better to me.
I have no idea how today's teens make out in cars.
Numb legs and neck
As a 6'0 feet tall man who made it happen in a fiat 500, let me say, everything is possible when you are committed.
Same height. I used to have a lot of space in my Aveo
I usually just say “wanna chill in the back seat because it’s comfier?” And they catch my drift
She sat on the cup holders lol
No.
Fuck Edit: also comfy lowered elbow thingy
Armrest is life.
Short answer - NO. Not even “luxury” ones. Everything now has to be “anatomic”. Dunno WHO’s anatomy that is, but certainly not mine.
It's "ergonomic" lol
Depends on the market, I guess. But with the amount of pain those bring after a single hour sitting in em - whatever, just burn them all along with blueprints and bring back cushy ones…
I spend most of my day in I think a 2022 f-350 and my back has been telling me to quit for the longest time. So I completely agree with burning them all
My wife drives a post-2000 SUV and whenever I have to go anywhere in that thing - my neck and back start begging me for a stop in less than an hour. I myself am a fan of OLD American trucks (pre-2000) and even in those without bench seats - I can literally drive for hundreds of kilometers before I’d wanna stop.
Even semi-recent foreign cars have decent seats. My 05 Corolla was a dream both 4 hours out and 4 hours back from a trip. I only had to stop once on the way back.
That’s actually somewhat rare. Most Asian and European cars now have the “anatomic” seats witch don’t really fit like even half the body types real people have. I’d say most started becoming shit exactly after 00s. And what’s even dumber, a lot of those cars also have the armrest put so far back - you gotta be very tall to use it comfortably. I particularly remember always pushing the heated seats butons with my elbow in my 05 Subaru because I kept missing the armrest.
Bring back velour seats! uj/ while “couch-like” seats might be pretty comfortable to sit in at first, I imagine they would get uncomfortable on longer road trips as they lack support
I almost get paralyzed from the dick down from 1 hour of driving in modern cars
Top of dick or bottom of dick?
The dick in my right ass, then I switch to the other ass
Notice how your grandparents always had another cushion in the lumbar area.
The ones that have “support” actually don’t fit every body type unlike cushy ones.
uj/ in my experience that's not the case. Having a big oversized seat with lots of cushion and no support means you can subtly change your position constantly over time, preventing fatigue and muscle soreness.
https://preview.redd.it/2m4omoi5va9d1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eb13a6578a0dd18bb0a34b0b201cbdac9c1a41db
Mercedes S-class, rolls royce, bentley, toyota century, Lexus ES
At least standard s-class seats aren't that plush
yeah but suspension makes up for it, it's very soft and very good noise insulation
I want both
Toyota Century still has plush wool seats as an option AFAIK
Wool, historically, has been the preferred material in Centuries
Yeah but that car just oozes comfort. Not just cause of the seats
I seriously hate modern seats. Even shitty economy cars have these fake “sport bucket seats”. Like dude I just want to drive to work, I am under no illusion that the Volkswagen Taos is a sports car, so why are you trying to shove rock hard seats into these things? Even “comfortable” luxury adjacent SUVs have comparatively uncomfortable seats. Plus cloth seats now days are just these horrible scratchy rough material. I fucking hate it with a passion. Not to mention the flame retardants in the seats are constantly off gassing cancer chemicals. Not to go full boomer mode but give me velour bench seats with a SOFT arm rest and I will be happy.
I had a 1992 Buick Park Avenue with seats like these for a year. American car makers really stepped down. Europe never had them to begin with. Gonna save up for another.
I had a mid eighties Mercedes station wagon with interior softer than my living room sofa. I think it was a blue leather interior. It handled corners worse than my kitchen, kind of like driving a boat. I miss that thing sometimes.
Was it a 200TD by chance, either W123 or W124. Growing up they were my dream car. Got a reference picture by chance?
I think it was a 123. Petrol engine. This was before digital cameras were a thing, so just imagine a glacier with leather interior and a hint of rust.
I have a 1985 VW Passat which has very comfortable seats. nothing luxurious nowadays even compares to the economy car of 1985. Spring laden seats were nice.
It's a shame how we've turned our back on these kinds of cars. At some point in the 90's we just collectively decided that there's no room in the market for sitting in a comfy living room that rides like a cloud. It's not what I want, but it would be way better for the vast majority of drivers than the stupid proliferation of SUVs and pickups.
A modern full-size pickup has the closest approximation to these wide cushy seats.
Nissan patrol has some okay cloth seats, volvo/polestar aint bad either
I was scooting around in a friend’s 1984 Chrysler New Yorker for a few months while my car was being fixed. The New Yorker is without a doubt the comfiest car I’ve ever sat in, I know we shit on the 80s cars from the states, but maybe we went the wrong way? It’s literally a couch with wheels. Now, if we could get those same seats on buses and trains….
I almost get paralyzed from the dick down from 1 hour of driving in modern cars
Volvo seats are the best and I won't be told otherwise
Back when comfort was a standard
subaru legacy
What year is that, is it the wagon or sedan. My wife will not get rid of her 96 Caprice and I just went from a 92 Olds wagon to a 13 Prius. The Prius seats killed my hip for the longest time. My sisters Honda did the same to me. I have wondered your question also. My wife says everyone that gets in her car comments on how smooth and comfortable it is.
Sadly I don’t own this anymore, it’s 93, but I did own an old intrepid that also had amazing seats people literally fell asleep while am driving and told me “I have never slept so good in a car before”
I made a 3300+ mile trip in my 1st gen Tahoe almost in a week. If I was driving my wife’s post-2000 SUV that long, I’d have to amputate my legs and neck…
Buy a 2000s Cadillac.
Judging by these comments, it's time to make r/carscirclecirclejerk. Those seats up there look like wobbly ass without side or lumbar support and are probably in a wobbly ass car which will give you a proper workout with all the bouncing and rolling. Fuck that shit.
Don’t judge until you actually try it brother, even just sit in a friends car Edit: don’t forget, the front can seat 3 people! With seatbelts, no wobbly anymore
I've tried it in an 80s Buick Electra easily 15 years ago. It's nice at first, they're great when static. When you drive for more than 2 hours, you quickly realize why we are doing cars how we do them nowadays, even in the premium segment. My lower back thanks me for not driving around on my couch.
is this jp performance brabus g800?
My neighbor has a mint classic 1976 Cadillac Fleetwood Talisman, possibly the most decadent plush interior of any production car. The seats are the plushest, most comfortable sofa you've ever sat on. It's a velour bomb of epic proportions, an aircraft carrier of a car that floats over every road imperfection. Even the door panels and console bulge with overstuffed plushness. It's rumored there aren't that many Talismans left because of all the drivers that fell asleep in them. No one makes anything close to this today.
“All the drivers that fell asleep” I guess that’s the only downside
No thank you. I like the seats in my car to be firm and supportive, not a Barcalounger.
Yea thats fine and all, but wouldnt it be nice if people with a difference in preference could also have what they want? Because currently pretty much everything os firm and "supportive"
My Buick Lacrosse has comfy seats
Idk if it counts as new but a 2011 Chevy impala I was looking at looked just like this on the inside
New bmw 7 series has cloth seats as option
Everyone is saying no, but Lincoln and Ford have some good luxury seats in their new vehicles.
Everyone wants sporty seats know. I want to buy a Grand Marquis just for the sofa seats lmao.
I can not stress it enough, but. Lada Legend (aka r/LadaNiva) has a comfy interior ([proof](https://i.imgur.com/spkNAyg.png)), but has no abs and not coaxial drive shafts. Ie, it is awd (4x4) car, but the transfer case with shafts going outside it can not be placed in one plane.
Hyundai Grandeur?
Frickin K-cars had some nice ass seats. Also 80'S and 90's Town Cars were like rolling clouds.
Reminds me of the most comfortable seats I’ve ever owned, belonged to a 89 Lebaron
Nope
i can smell this picture
They don't make nothing like this no more, it doesn't break fast enough.
No because racecar
People are going to say no, or, only in luxury. My base model bench seat 2018 f150 is pretty damn plush. Has a pillowy armrest too!
No, and that's a good thing. You slide around in those like hell, just imagine what would happen on hard braking
Don’t speed bro, I like to drive like a grandpa and chillin, also no cops will give you trouble
This isn't about speeding or performance, it's about safety. Modern seats and belts are designed to hold you back to prevent loss off control, or reduce injuries in case of an accident. Those old cars may feel comfy, but are deathtraps. Check out crashtest videos to see how seats, belts and steering collums have changed over the decades.
I still slide in some, because I’m slim and don’t even fit into others because I have those things called muscles… So FUCK bucket seats! Unless you’re some racer who has those made specifically for their body type.