I know I should know this....

Stunnerable · 08-25-2008, 07:52 AM

But what the heck are Euro seats and what do they look like?

southlight · 08-25-2008, 07:58 AM

The euro seats have different seat bottoms with more pronounced side bolsters. The US seats have the same bottoms as the regular sports seat.

Here's a pic of the Euro seat bottoms:

Best regards, south

Stunnerable · 08-25-2008, 09:21 AM

I have a feeling it has to do with Americans fat asses. I want those seats.. I am very fit!

mkoesel · 08-25-2008, 10:27 AM

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I have a feeling it has to do with Americans fat asses. I want those seats.. I am very fit!

It has to do with airbags According to Larry Koch (edit: noticed my spelling error

- sorry Larry), BMW M brand manager, USA. They did not want to risk disrupting the airbag sensor (apparently a US or at least North American only feature) in the seat that was already designed and tested in the regular 3 series seat bottom. So they just used that instead.

They probably could have spent more money on R&D and given us the Euro bottoms, but the price of the car would have gone up.

If you really want the seats, search for a post by Greg W on the subject. He identifies the required parts. Just keep in mind you risk upsetting the weight sensor, and could inadvertenly disable the passenger airbag.

Stunnerable · 08-25-2008, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by mkoesel

It has to do with airbags According to Larry Kock, BMW M brand manager, USA. They did not want to risk disrupting the airbag sensor (apparently a US or at least North American only feature) in the seat that was already designed and tested in the regular 3 series seat bottom. So they just used that instead.

They probably could have spent more money on R&D and given us the Euro bottoms, but the price of the car would have gone up.

Ahh.. that makes sense. Why is safety such a bigger issue in America compared to say Europe?

ersin · 08-25-2008, 11:10 AM

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Ahh.. that makes sense. Why is safety such a bigger issue in America compared to say Europe?

It's probably regulations (or lawyers). If regulations have anything to do with safety then you can say that US and the rest of the world's idea of safety are different. If not, then it's just different regulations.

synclastica_86 · 08-25-2008, 06:41 PM

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I have a feeling it has to do with Americans fat asses. I want those seats.. I am very fit!

It all traces back to Mcdonnels.

Stunnerable · 08-26-2008, 08:53 AM

LoL.. yeah. Pack a PBJ people!!

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