Third row seating refers to seating in a vehicle such as a station wagon,

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, MPV, or

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to expand seating beyond the front and back seat found in most automobiles.Best Five Vehicles With Third-Row Seating For Under $25k
/ref> Such vehicles commonly seat between 6 and up to 9 persons. In the 1960s and 1970s, station wagons based on

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often had rear-facing folding seats which were entered by a 2 or 3-way tailgate.

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used dual-side facing seats which faced each other. Some such as the

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had a forward-facing third row, an arrangement also common in SUVs such as the

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. Most minivans have 3 rows of seating. Third row seats may be fixed, removable, or designed to fold into the floor, or against the walls. Some are power operated with a switch.

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