Hi This may have been asked before. My panda has 3 headrests on the back seats with 3 anchor points yet is down as a 4 seat and the seat back splits 60/40. (I used to have a Zafira and this was a 7 seater (2 extra fold down ones at the back). Also the Punto and a Peugeot 208 is a 5 seater. Any comments appreciated

Annetto66 said:

Hi This may have been asked before. My panda has 3 headrests on the back seats with 3 anchor points yet is down as a 4 seat and the seat back splits 60/40. (I used to have a Zafira and this was a 7 seater (2 extra fold down ones at the back). Also the Punto and a Peugeot 208 is a 5 seater. Any comments appreciated

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In my part of the world this would be registered as a 5 seater, so i reckon there has been made a register mistake.

Annetto66 said:

Hi This may have been asked before. My panda has 3 headrests on the back seats with 3 anchor points yet is down as a 4 seat and the seat back splits 60/40. (I used to have a Zafira and this was a 7 seater (2 extra fold down ones at the back). Also the Punto and a Peugeot 208 is a 5 seater. Any comments appreciated

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Assuming it's fitted with 3 rear seat belts, this is a registration mistake.

In the UK, you need to write to DVLA and get the V5C registration document changed. There could be insurance implications if you don't and carry 5 people in the car.

Thanks JR I'll pursue this (needs some clarification).

Annetto66 said:

Thanks JR I'll pursue this (needs some clarification).

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Start here.

Thanks. Bit confusing but needs sorting.

Our 2017 Panda has the same configuration as yours - 60/40 split rear seats with 3 headrests and 3 seatbelts. The log book shows the number of seats as 5.

Mine also has same config in the TA LOUNGE.

We have a Panda Pop with the three seat rear bench as an option - and yes it is registered as a 5 seater with DVLA. Frankly I can't imagine why anyone would not go for the 3-seat / asymmetric split / headrests option.

All our kids have flown the nest and I can't remember the last time I had three in the back seat. But it does happen, and when it does I'd have been in a fix without the extra seat. Also why hasn't the two-seat bench got head-restraints? Yet another silly cost saving measure.

After that rant, I also have a 500L MPW Popstar which doesn't have the third row of seats. That rather flies in the face of what I said earlier about extra seating. But I've never felt the need to seat seven and the fold away seats take a chunk of space out of the boot - which is truly huge with the stretched body and lower boot floor.

On the Panda the 50/50 folding rear bench (2 seat) is the only one that gets the sliding/tilting mechanism. The sliding mechanism means more child seats will fit to the isofix mounts and space can be arranged depending on passenger needs or cargo volume requirements, and the tilting backrests are great for longer trips.

I’ve the rear 50/50 sliding seats (with headrests) and frankly it’s brilliant and wouldn’t want the 60/40 3 seat option. I can give rear passengers more leg room than the fixed rear seat or I can give myself a bigger boot for shopping when no one is in the rear. Best of all I can now fit a full rear isofix with rear facing babyseat by sacrificing some boot space but a fixed rear seat version can’t do this as it’s been in another thread.