Faurecia Automotive Seating

Performance Seat

The look, feel and materials of the Performance Seat draw on approaches used in sportswear and fashion to create a contemporary, high-tech appearance. The Performance Seat is 30 percent thinner than conventional seats and weighs 20 percent less.

At the core of the Faurecia Performance Seat are a composite backrest, developed in conjunction with BASF, and a plastic cushion module. The cushion module represents a new application of composites to seating, introducing plastics as a way to reduce the weight and packaging volume of what traditionally has been a metal seat frame, as well as to integrate components more easily into the seat.

Perhaps the most important comfort-related innovation in the Performance Seat is its compliant shell. This shell conforms to the varying posture, body size and body types of drivers and passengers by changing as the occupant moves. When the occupant moves, the shell changes shape to give increased support to the lumbar area, upper shoulders and pelvis, all in a synchronized fashion.

Premium Seat

With its Premium Seat, Faurecia declares a new aesthetic for seating luxury. New approaches to surface finishes reflect the designers' inspiration from luxury watches, focusing on flawless detail, reliability and technology, touches that become evident in this advanced seating concept. In the Premium Seat, Faurecia incorporates many of the same surface finishes developed by Faurecia Interior Systems for use on premium instrument panels and doors.

Like the Performance Seat, the Premium Seat uses the composite backrest. A full infotainment system is attached via molded-in features on the upper back panel, which makes the screen an integral part of the seat. In similar fashion, the ventilation system for the rear compartment can be integrated into the seat.

This capability to integrate various components into the seat back allows Faurecia to create an instrument panel-like environment for passengers in the second row. For the first time, these passengers have access to a high level of content without adding package volume, keeping weight low while maintaining a first-row level of comfort.

SmartFit™ 2.0

Faurecia has continued to develop its SmartFitâ„¢ automated seating adjustment application. SmartFit™ uses a smartphone to take your picture and guides you through an easy-to-follow process for creating a tailored fit for your body. Now Faurecia has added two apps to SmartFit™: GPSFit and MicroFit.

GPSFit

GPSFit pulls speed and road data from the vehicle's GPS to determine if traffic issues are imminent, if a weather alert has been issued and other factors that will impact driving conditions down the road. GPSFit then influences the seat fit and posture settings to be a touch more appropriate for the changing nature of the task at hand.

MicroFit

MicroFit adds intelligence to the seat's pneumatic system, providing an additional level of comfort and support. MicroFit uses the pneumatic system to read the pressure levels of the occupant's body on the seat surface and automatically balances the pneumatic system, giving a touch more support to areas where too little pressure exists or relief where too much pressure is indicated.