And because there is only one preferred seating position in the back, the rear cabin itself constitutes a two-class service.

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Let's start with what you might call its legacy ergonomics: the skirt-splitting upstep into the cabin, the pewlike seating position, the scant legroom and the lack of a telescopic steering column.

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For instance, in the automotive seating market in China, Johnson Controls occupies top position with 44% market share.

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