Hi.

Owner of a 19 plate Sandero Comfort. I notice the rear seat backrest splits 1/3 and 2/3, but the seat is one piece. Not much use if you need to fold the seat forward to carry a large load and have a passenger in the rear. The Logan and Duster have full split seats, so why not the Sandero?

Probably just to cut costs. I know the Comfort isn't the 'bottom of the range', but it is only one step up the ladder and still very much a cheap car. The Duster, while obviously cheap for that type of car, is deemed expensive enough to include this feature, and as for the Logan, as this is essentially just a Sandero estate, and therefore going to be bought by folks looking for more load capacity/practicality, it was deemed sensible to include the split base here too.

The Comfort is top of the range. Mine has reversing sensors and rear cameras. All three models are essentially the same car up to the B pillar. You'd think they would standardise components to save on cost.

They probably have. If you were to check where the seat base fittings on the Logan is, i'd be willing to bet yours has the same. But it still costs more to put a split base than a single piece. In theory, if you were that bothered about it, you could probably fit the two piece base from a Logan to your car.

But while i may have been wrong about where exactly in the Sandero range the Comfort fits, it is still a cheap car. And that one piece seat base is one of the reasons why. Put it like this, the Comfort is the top of the range Sandero and list prices start at £8995. This is £4625 less than the list price of the very cheapest, bottom of the range Renault Clio.