A friend of mine just bought a 2013 V6 and I rode in the back seat and noticed a change from my 2012..

I wonder if it's just on V6 models or all 2013-14... It kind of made it feel a little more roomy because I had somewhere for my elbow to go and it not feel so "squished" or cramped...

This is what my 2012 looks like:



And this is what hers looks like:



It's probably my OCD that noticed the minor change, but it seems like the arm rest pocket is a different size and goes in a little further

 

Holy crap, I thought I was "Mr. Detective" for noticing tiny things...

You're right, the whole side plastic pieces there are completely different moldings. Sitting in the back (which I've never done) is surely the way to notice. I'm a bit surprised they changed them with only two model years to go. My '13 V6 looks like your friend's, and the sections beside the quarter-windows is much larger and flatter, more like a flat ledge than the pics show (and it was previously).

 

LOL, my son told me there was a difference between riding in the back of my wife's 2011 and my 2013..something about the arm rest. He seemed serious about it too, but I thought he was just imagining it. I never ride back there.

 

That area is filled in in my 2014 vert, partially with the rear speakers. I suspect all verts are like that.

 

I've only sat in mine, but riding in hers the top of that panel is a lot flatter and the arm rest is a lot deeper... I'm 6'2 and it made a little bit of a difference for me

 

There's plenty of room in mine for the plus two

 

You mean there is a back seat......I doubt a minor armrest change will cause more people to ride in the back seat...

 

If I werer to sit in the back seat of these Mustangs, you'd have to call the fire department and have them bring the jaws of life to cut enough of the car away to get me out.

I really don't understand why a back seat is installed on most cars these days. Much cheaper to just make them like the Boss 302's.

 

^ Yeah, it seems like rear seat delete could be an obvious factory option for all models. So I'm guessing it has to do with some silly CAFE or similar thing, like a lot of "odd" decisions seem to be.

OTOH, especially for "certain" lol drivers: these cars can certainly usefully use a lot more weight back there than up front. I laugh when I read the benefits of removing the rear seats is "save up to 30 pounds" or similar, when so many drivers (that I've seen) could do just as well and be better off in all ways, driving and personally, by removing that same weight from the front seat. [Sorry for the "rant", but these aftermarket sellers will say anything IMO, and I have my own observations from Mustang meets...]

 

You can use the back seat???????

 

Some of us actually even use the car as a family car!

 

My daughter just mentioned to me that she liked the arm rest! :-)

 

No, it has to do with the car being useful as a four seater in a pinch and being more practical than a true sports car. Like the guy above me said, some of us use Mustangs as family cars, which I hope to do when we have one. Beats the alternative of not having a Mustang anymore.

 

Interesting

 

+1. My son loves riding in the stang and always compliments me on how good I drive the stang lol. He is 3 BTW. but it is my dd so we use it 4 days a week to go to preschool and my school

 

Schnauzers!

 

Rear seats probably save us a few bucks with insurance!
So, dont say we dont need them lol

 

Not that much! $730/6 months...

 

I've never ridden in the back seat, but I have sat back there. In my opinion, the Mustang has one of the most form-fitting, and comfortable, back seats ever made. Keep in mind that as a kid my dad bought a brand new 1959 Ford Galaxy (probably the ugliest Ford ever built) and those seats were flat, flat, flat. The Mustang back seat is very nice, in my opinion. I would have loved this back seat as a kid. And our little dog loves riding back there. It's like she has a little dog bed the way the center depresses.

Also, does everyone else keep their head rests in the lowered position when no one is back there? Makes for much better visibility.

 

Yep.