摘要 |
The invention provides an automobile capable of production in very small size without sacrificing driver comfort while retaining capability of carrying a passenger or, alternatively, a large load or a substantial quantity of belongings by omitting a dividing wall between the driver and passenger compartment and the trunk compartment of the vehicle, by providing those compartments with a common and generally level floor in which a driver's seat well is formed utilizing an area as large as necessary to insure his maximum comfort and which, in the small sized vehicle, extends halfway or more of the distance across the interior of the driver and passenger compartment. The floor over the passenger position covers a second well in which a passenger's seat is installed at a position rearward of the most rearward driving position of the driver's seat. In the preferred embodiment, the floor over the passenger's seat well is formed in part by a convertible toeboard and by elements of the passenger's seat.
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