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Amongst its many virtues, the A2's rear cabin space is hugely flexible. The A2 was available with two rear seating arrangements:
In a collision, the forces upon the seat attachment points are immense. It is absolutely vital that all seats are installed as per Audi's crash-tested design. Anyone claiming to be able to fit a bench seat into a 4-seater A2 (or vice versa) with some modification has clearly failed to understand this. Doing so risks serious injury or death to the rear occupants. If you need to change the rear seating arrangement of your A2, the only solution is to buy a different A2.
- The 4-seater version of the A2 only has two rear seats, but they can be removed individually, meaning the car's either a 2-seater, a 3-seater or a 4-seater. In 3-seater mode, you get an L-shaped boot. The rear seats are the same width as the front seats, meaning two adults can sit in the back of the car in relative comfort. Each seat has a set of ISOfix points, allowing for two child seats to be fitted. A sole adult can easily remove the rear seats.
- The 5-seater version has what's known as the rear bench seat. The bench is a single piece that seats 3 people. It can only be removed in its entirety, making the car either a 2-seater or a 5-seater, but no intermediate arrangements are possible. Whilst a 'benchie' A2 has the benefit of being able to seat 5 people, that is the only advantage. The MPV-like flexibility of the 4-seater version is lost. The positioning of the seatbelt buckles along the bench means that the seats are narrower and thus less comfortable for adults than the split rears, even when only seating two people. The bench's ISOfix points allow only one child seat to be fitted, either in the centre or to the left. The bench weighs 3kg more than the combined weight of the split seats, meaning two adults are needed to remove it from the car.
In a collision, the forces upon the seat attachment points are immense. It is absolutely vital that all seats are installed as per Audi's crash-tested design. Anyone claiming to be able to fit a bench seat into a 4-seater A2 (or vice versa) with some modification has clearly failed to understand this. Doing so risks serious injury or death to the rear occupants. If you need to change the rear seating arrangement of your A2, the only solution is to buy a different A2.
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