What is a swivel seat? A swivel seat is a car seat designed specifically for wheelchair users, the elderly, mothers and babies, etc. It can be rotated from the inside of the car to the outside and lowered to a certain height to help passengers with limited mobility get on and off the car.

In recent years, as my country vigorously promotes the construction of a barrier-free society and the trend of population aging worsens, barrier-free facilities such as swivel seats have begun to be promoted and popularized around us. In the past, barrier-free facilities could only be seen on public transportation. Now many car companies have made swivel seats standard, and more and more families have also installed swivel seats to facilitate the travel of the elderly and patients at home.

Nowadays, more and more cars are equipped with swivel seats, so which cars are suitable for installing swivel seats? As the leading swivel seat manufacturer in China, Xindetech will talk to you about this issue today.

From the perspective of swivel seat modification, the first thing to consider is the space in the car and the size of the door. swivel seats require a certain amount of space to achieve rotation and lifting movements. When modifying, we often have to reserve a certain safety distance for passengers to prevent the seats from colliding with the passengers' bodies during operation. If the space in the car is not enough or the door size is too small, the body will prevent the seat from turning out. Even if the seat can be barely turned out through route programming adjustment, there is not enough space left. Passengers should try to curl up their bodies to avoid being hit when using it, and the riding experience is not good. Due to different spatial structures, different models choose different installation positions. MPV models will be installed in the middle row, and swivel seats can be installed on both the left and right sides; while sedans and SUV models are generally installed in the co-pilot position.

Here are two more perspectives to analyze from the vehicle class and model:

1. Vehicle Class

According to the German automobile classification standards, passenger cars are generally divided into the following levels:

- A00 level, refers to the mini-car, representative models Wuling Hongguang MINIEV; A0 level, refers to the small car, representative models Honda Fit, BYD MINIEV.

- Class A0, refers to small cars, representative models Honda Fit, BYD Seagull;

- Class A, refers to compact cars, representing models Corolla, Hennessey;

- B class, refers to medium-sized cars, representing models Camry, Accord, Model Y;

- Class C, refers to medium-large cars, representing models Audi A6L, Ideal L8.

- Class D, refers to large cars, representing the model U8.

Classification is mainly based on parameters such as wheelbase, displacement, weight, etc. The later the alphabetical order, the longer the wheelbase, the larger the displacement and weight of the car in the class.

According to our many years of experience in vehicle modification, B-class and B-class and above models, whether sedans, SUVs and MPVs, can basically meet the requirements of well-being seat modification in terms of space.

The compact class of vehicles, not only in the country than a large number of models, and space size gap is large, some compact cars and small cars, some can be comparable to medium-sized cars. Take Nissan's sedan models, for example, Nissan Tiida, Bluebird, Hennessey 3 models belong to the same compact car, 2024 Tiida's length of 4393mm, wheelbase of 2700mm, and 2024 Hennessey's length of 4652mm, wheelbase of 2712mm, the two space is a big difference, in terms of installing well-being of the seat, the Hennessey's space according to the requirements of the full satisfaction, and the Tiida is Can not be installed. So for compact vehicles, can not be generalized, the need for specific models of specific analysis, but in general, there are still many models can be modified swivel seat.

2、Model

I. MPV

There is no doubt that MPV is a suitable vehicle for swivel seat conversion. In our many cases of well-being seat modification, MPV occupies a large part, whether it is the enduring Buick GL8, Toyota Sienna, Honda Odyssey, or the rise of domestic MPV in recent years, such as the M8, Tengshi D9, there are many cases of modification. Compared to sedans and SUVs in the passenger position modification, MPV in the middle row modification has a greater space advantage, the seat in the rotating door in and out of the car is not easy to collide with the passenger feet and head, and MPV in the door is mostly used in the side sliding door, rather than straight sliding door, the seat in the outstretched will not have the door blocked, the programming routes are also relatively simple. In addition, in terms of safety, MPVs now use three-point seat belts in the middle row of seats. In the event of a vehicle crash, all impacts will be borne by the seat and the well-being organization, which can greatly reduce the injuries suffered by the passengers. In this regard, Sintek's well-being seats have also been specially tested for collision with dummies and seat belt tension test to ensure the safety of the passengers.

2. Cars and SUVs

Although MPV is suitable for retrofitting, but the market share is not high, well-being seats are still mostly used for family purposes, and family vehicles are definitely mainly sedans and SUVs. In recent years, more and more sedan and SUV owners come to consult and modify the well-being seat. Sedans and SUVs are usually modified on the passenger side, which requires a certain amount of space and size of the vehicle, so not all cars can be modified with well-being seats. Usually when a customer asks whether his car can be modified with a seat, if it is a model that we have not modified, we will usually ask the customer to measure the space data of the passenger seat position, such as the threshold height from the ground, the door opening angle, the center door from the door trim size and other data, to make a preliminary judgment on whether it is possible to install a well-being of the seat. After several years of modification, we have had many successful cases of sedans and SUVs, such as Nissan Hennessey, Hover Big Dog, Hover H9, Toyota Rav4 Rongfang, Toyota BZ3, Lexus RX350H, Volkswagen Touguan L, BMW X5, Audi Q8, etc.

3. RV

In recent years, the RV tourism market has shown a continuous upward trend. Pursuing freedom and going wherever you want, the popularity of RV self-driving tours is increasing, and it is becoming the travel method of choice for many people. Even if you are physically disabled, you can't stop your heart from yearning for freedom. When modifying the swivel seat, a Yutong C530 RV owner said that he hopes to travel with his family in this way and feel the great rivers of the motherland.

Caring for the disabled, swivel seats are gradually changing the way people with limited mobility travel and bringing more convenience to their lives. As a leading manufacturer of automotive barrier-free facilities, a specialized and innovative small and medium-sized enterprise in Jiangsu Province, and a national high-tech enterprise, Xinder-tech has more than 20 years of experience in the research and development, production and manufacturing of swivel seats. It has currently reached cooperation with many OEMs such as GAC Trumpchi, Toyota, and SAIC Maxus to jointly develop swivel models, and become the standard seats for swivel models such as Trumpchi M8. We continue to pursue research and development innovation, pay close attention to product quality, and strive to provide practical barrier-free facilities to the society, so that the disabled group can truly feel the swivel of barrier-free facilities.