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Originally Posted by MParallel
It's hard to see in that pic, but you can't even sit in the rear with the deflector in place, as there is a horizontal plane covering the top of the rear compartment.
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A wind deflector eliminates the ability to seat rear passengers in all 4-seat verts. By their very design, the deflector needs to be directly behind the front seat passengers. The problem with BMW's design (and all other manufacturers except Porsche) is that the wind deflector blocks the rear seats even when it's not deployed. To use the rear seats, you've got to manually remove the deflector and store it in the trunk. Porsche's design is brilliant as the wind deflector is electrically deployed from behind the rear seats. It retracts back behind the seats when it's not being used so that the rear seats can be used. (see at 1:40
here).
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