Rumour has it the leather seats in the Saab 95 are the comfiest seats ever in a car

[Ricochet J]

And honestly they are. I've sat in many 5 Series, E Classes, A6s, XFs, Range Rovers etc., None of them come close to rivaling the comfort of the seats found in my old 11 year old Sweedish estate (which I sadly sold on - that's for another thread).

The E Class and 5 Series are especially terrible. The seats have no "give" - i.e. there's little to no compression when you sit on the seat.

 

[Rybo89]

You know what, i have been kept awake for the past few nights thinking about this. Thanks for clearing this up, ill be able to sleep now.

The Recaro seats in the ST220 are very comfy.

 

[[TW]Fox]

Can confirm, 5 Series seats are not brilliant. Which is annoying.

 

[danza]

As much as I hated my 9-3, the seats were definitely the comfiest in any car I've owned 3 series, 5 series etc).

 

[Vita]

You know what, i have been kept awake for the past few nights thinking about this. Thanks for clearing this up, ill be able to sleep now.

The Recaro seats in the ST220 are very comfy.

+1

Best seats I've sat in

 

[Dangerous Dave]

I would say the most comfortable seats I have sat in have been in various Volvos.

 

[adolf hamster]

not spent much time in volvo's/saabs but i find the french are pretty good at making comfy seats.

i'd say the japs are the worst, although thats more to do with every jap car i've been in feeling a bit claustrophobic.

the germans are ok, but they seem to go for shape rather than padding, so if you don't fit the shape/have it adjusted just so you can end up with random backache after a while.

 

[Dis86]

+1

Best seats I've sat in

I couldn't fit in them. As far as I could tell they're designed for manlets! Chest and shoulders did not compute.

 

[Mr_Sukebe]

Really like the sports seat in our E91 and think that they're roughly on par with our old Volvo S60.
Very much rated the 2013 5 series seats that I tried recently. Not sure what they were, though they looked like sports seats. Definitely had the edge on our existing seats.

 

[Funky-Melon]

Volvo and older Saabs for nicest seats. I didn't realise how good the Volvo ones were till I did 4 hours in my first one a few years back and felt just as good getting out as I did when I got in lol. Always thought BMW seats were cr*p in my opinion. My boss has a 3 series and on a work trip they weren't great.

 

[Ryan-3]

I couldn't fit in them. As far as I could tell they're designed for manlets! Chest and shoulders did not compute.

Judging off the way a lot of them are driven, you're probably right.

 

[Iamzod]

I couldn't fit in them. As far as I could tell they're designed for manlets! Chest and shoulders did not compute.

You couldn't fit in ST220 seats? Are you wider than you are tall?

 

[Dis86]

You couldn't fit in ST220 seats? Are you wider than you are tall?

Nope but damn they narrow!

 

[Nasher]

Seats have definitely got harder, same with beds :/

Is it because people are getting heavier?

 

[adolf hamster]

Seats have definitely got harder, same with beds :/

Is it because people are getting heavier?

i presume it's probably to do with minimising cost of manufacture, sure it might be a couple of quids worth of foam but every penny counts in mass production.

 

[SoliD]

St220 recaros are incredible.

 

[IAmATeaf]

My old Accord 2003 type-s had really comfortable seats, much better than those in the 3 series I now have.

 

[Rybo89]

Nope but damn they narrow!

I'm a big lad and they was absaloutly fine. 6'3 and 19stone.

Or are you Eddie Hall by any chance?

 

[Iamzod]

Nope but damn they narrow!

If my 110kg ass can fit in them with room to slide side to side I would say the issue isn't seat width lol.

 

[Hades]

My dad's old Mercedes 280E seats were damn comfy. Like an armchair on wheels.