Seating arrangement for automotive vehicle body

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IN A SELF-SUPPORTING TYPE VEHICLE BODY FOR PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLES HAVING A FLOOER PLATE PROVIDED WITH A TUNNEL EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF THE VEHICLE BETWEEN A DASHBOARD AND A REAR WALL OF THE VEHICLE AND WITH TWO ROWS OF SEATS DISPOSED ONE BEHIND THE OTHER OF WHICH THE REAR SEAT ROW HAS TWO SEATING PLACES ARRANGED SUBSTANTIALLY SYMMETRICALLY TO THE VEHICLE LONGITUDINAL CENTER PLANE AND THE FORWARD SEAT ROW COMPRISES A DRIVING SEAT AND A FURTHER SEATING PLACE DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE VEHICLE LONGITUDINAL CENTER PLANE, THE IMPROVEMENT ESSENTIALLY CONSISTING OF A TUNNEL PROVIDED IN SAID FLOOR PLATE, SAID TUNNEL COMPRISING A FORWARD END SECTION TERMINATING AT SAID DASHBOARD, SAID END SECTION EXTENDING PARALLEL WITH AND OFFSET FROM SAID VEHICLE LONGITUDINAL CENTER PLANE, SAID TUNNEL COMPRISING A FURTHER SECTION JOINING SAID FORWARD END SECTION FORWARDLY OF SAID FORWARD SEAT ROW AND AT AN ACUTE ANGLE TO SAID VEHICLE LONGITUDINAL CENTER PLANE, SAID FURTHER SECTION INCREASING IN WIDTH FROM FRONT TO REAR AND COMPRISING PORTIONS SPACED RESPECTIVELY BELOW SAID FORWARD SEAT ROW AND BELOW SAID REAR SEAT ROW.