Baby Got Back Seats! Here are 10 cars with the best backseats in the biz. Passengers rejoice!. In most vehicles, the front seat sees most of the action. According to the latest census data, 75.5 percent of Americans drive to work alone every day. Many pickup trucks and sports cars don't even have rear seats.

And the automotive vernacular bemoans the "back-seat driver," labeling him or her a crank and a nudge, who has no business meddling in the act of operating an automobile. In other words, back seats are largely ignored, left fallow or covered in fast-food wrappers and old soda cans — and if there are to be occupants, it is best if they just buckle up, pipe down and enjoy the ride.


It's time we spoke up for our back-seat buddies, from the chauffeured tycoons to the ride-along double-date couples to the kids strapped into car seats. The front passengers shouldn't get all the legroom, bolstered seats and electrically heated tush-warmers to themselves. Here is a look at the vehicles that throw the most love to those who sit in the cheap seats.


Maybach 62

Maybach 62 (© Mercedes-Benz USA)
Maybach 62


Oh my! Did we just say "cheap seats?" Not so in the Maybach 62, a $392,750 luxury land yacht for wealthy folks whose time is too valuable for them to drive themselves. Certainly it's hard to find a bad seat in a car where everybody gets Grand Nappa leather, auto-adjusting belts, heated and cooled seats and a 600-watt, 21-speaker Bose surround-sound audio system.


Maybach 62 (© Mercedes-Benz USA)
Maybach 62


But the Maybach 62's luxury amenities definitely have a rear-seat bias. Built into the rear-center console is a compressor-driven refrigerator. Each rear seat has its own folding table surfaced with your favorite lacquered wood. The seats not only recline, but have extendable footrests. The rear passengers have their own sunroof made from electro-dimming glass that turns from transparent to opaque at the touch of a button, and champagne flutes come standard.


Lexus LS 460 L


Lexus LS 460 (© Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A.)
Lexus LS 460


Obviously, $84,125 is hardly bargain pricing for a vehicle, but consider that a Lexus LS 460 L ($70,925) outfitted with the Executive-Class Seating Package ($13,200) gets you most of what you get in the aforementioned Maybach 62 at about one-fifth the price. You have your reclining rear seats (one of them has a footrest) with — ooh, la, la! — lumbar massage; primo leather; a wood-trimmed table; and a cooler for drinks and such.


Lexus LS 460 (© Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A.)
Lexus LS 460

An extra $2,080 will upgrade you from the standard 10-speaker stereo to a 19-speaker 450-watt, Mark Levinson surround-sound system.


Ford Flex