While my P85D is at the Service Center to finally get the next-gen seats I ordered installed, I am driving an S85 loaner that is fully-loaded including executive seats.
Since this is the first time I see them in person, I figured I'd give a quick review. First of all, and I think this is common knowledge by new, the seats don't fold down at all - so there is no way to transport large objects in the trunk that require either or both seats to move forward at all.
The seats themselves are wide and fairly comfortable width-wise (in the X-axis). They are more "bucketed" than the standard, non-next gen front seats, meaning they have more side support while not feeling constrained in any way. I don't have my next-gen seats yet to compare side-by-side, but the few times I sat in them they were definitely snug. At 5'11" and 165 lbs, I am not the best person to be the judge of how tight they can be, but those exec seats seem to definitely be more roomy than the next-gen ones.
However, I didn't feel very comfortable in the Y-axis: the seat-back doesn't feel as though it reclines enough, yet at the same time my lower back was too far into the part where the seat-back and seat-bottom meet. It's a little hard to describe, but imagine your back being arched too much to fit snugly along the seat back - as though there was waaaay too much lumbar support (and I LIKE lumbar support for my poor broken back...)
This car also had the subzero (cold weather) package, and the interesting thing here is that the seat-back and seat-bottom are separate controls. So you could have the seat heater set to 1 for the bottom cushion but set to 3 for the seat-back!
Finally, the center console looks to be identical to the one I bought as an aftermarket accessory for my car - although it is clearly placed solidly into place as opposed to the aftermarket one.
And of course, a picture is worth a thousand words:
Since this is the first time I see them in person, I figured I'd give a quick review. First of all, and I think this is common knowledge by new, the seats don't fold down at all - so there is no way to transport large objects in the trunk that require either or both seats to move forward at all.
The seats themselves are wide and fairly comfortable width-wise (in the X-axis). They are more "bucketed" than the standard, non-next gen front seats, meaning they have more side support while not feeling constrained in any way. I don't have my next-gen seats yet to compare side-by-side, but the few times I sat in them they were definitely snug. At 5'11" and 165 lbs, I am not the best person to be the judge of how tight they can be, but those exec seats seem to definitely be more roomy than the next-gen ones.
However, I didn't feel very comfortable in the Y-axis: the seat-back doesn't feel as though it reclines enough, yet at the same time my lower back was too far into the part where the seat-back and seat-bottom meet. It's a little hard to describe, but imagine your back being arched too much to fit snugly along the seat back - as though there was waaaay too much lumbar support (and I LIKE lumbar support for my poor broken back...)
This car also had the subzero (cold weather) package, and the interesting thing here is that the seat-back and seat-bottom are separate controls. So you could have the seat heater set to 1 for the bottom cushion but set to 3 for the seat-back!
Finally, the center console looks to be identical to the one I bought as an aftermarket accessory for my car - although it is clearly placed solidly into place as opposed to the aftermarket one.
And of course, a picture is worth a thousand words: