Seating arrangement for a passenger vehicle

A seating arrangement for a passenger vehicle having a vehicular central longitudinal axis, the seating arrangement comprising:

• a front seat having a central longitudinal axis;
• and
• a rear seat having a central longitudinal axis, wherein the respective central longitudinal axes of the front seat and rear seat are arranged on opposite sides of the vehicular central longitudinal axis in a staggered relationship, wherein the front seat is mounted high and at least one of the seats is positioned such that the central longitudinal axis of the respective seat measured at a rear edge of the respective seat is mounted closer to the vehicular central longitudinal axis than is possible with a symmetrical side-by-side seating arrangement by mounting the respective seat such that a distance measured from the central longitudinal axis of the respective seat at a rear edge of the seat to the vehicular central longitudinal axis is less than half the width of the rear edge of the respective seat.