Drop Down Backseat/trunkthroughway?

[youngmd]

This is a relatively asinine question but i want to ask it nonetheless. Does the 2006 GS300 AWD have a drop down back seat. Naturally, when i purchased the car a feww weeks ago, i assumed it did because I thought this was a standard feature on any sedan, let alone a luxury sedan. Yet I can't seem to find any levers and I don't see it in the manual...

If it does i know i'm going to feel stupid because it is probably obvious. Maybe my saving grace can be the fact that i have only had it for a few weeks...any help???

[GuyTelefunken]

The AWD has a center passthrough and the RWD has a folding rear seat with passthrough.

[lexus411]

both GS have a pass thru only..

[youngmd]

Oh...okay thanks...I'll browse my manual unless someone can tell me how exactly to get the seat down...

[lexus411]

seat does not come down only center arm rest

[GuyTelefunken]

seat does not come down only center arm rest

I stand corrected. Damn Edmunds.com led me astray. According to the Lexus site, there is no folding seat available; just a passthrough.

[youngmd]

Guy and 411 thanks for the help...it was definetly needed..

[cheeto81]

Guy and 411 thanks for the help...it was definetly needed..

What about for a 2000 GS400? i can't find anything...

anyone know why l4exus did not put in folding back seats? mym mom's 1995 toyota camry had one...i thought these were suppose to be luxary vehicles?

[GuyTelefunken]

What about for a 2000 GS400? i can't find anything...

anyone know why l4exus did not put in folding back seats? mym mom's 1995 toyota camry had one...i thought these were suppose to be luxary vehicles?

No, not in 2000 GSxxx either. Aparently, the definition of Luxury has little to do with if your seat folds down. Lexus, BMW, Mercedes, nor Volvo (and many others) did not have such an option for many years.

Years ago, Volvo eluded to the fact that items in the trunk may injure rear passengers if they traveled forward through the space where the folding seat opening would be, in the event of an accident. Their solution was to install a rather bomb-proof steel panel behind the rear seat; hence no folding seat.

Mercedes Benz had yet another idea. They put the fuel tank directly between the wheel wells behind the back seat. They thought that was a safe place for it. Well, no folding seat there either.

There are many more examples, just have a look around at various carmakers' sites.