Air conditioner for use in an automotive vehicle

An air conditioner having a plurality of emission modes in which appropriately regulated air is directed to a plurality of locations on a front side of a passenger compartment defined in an automotive vehicle, said air conditioner comprising:

• a blower unit, disposed on the front side of the passenger compartment, for introducing external air into the passenger compartment or circulating internal air;
• an air chamber formed on a downstream side of said blower unit in a direction of air flow;
• a rear duct, branched and extending rearwardly from said air chamber, for feeding air from said blower unit to a rear portion of the passenger compartment;
• temperature sensor means for sensing a temperature of external air;
• air volume restriction means for restricting an air volume to be fed to said rear portion of said passenger compartment;
• and
• control means for controlling said air volume restriction means to reduce the air volume to be fed to said rear portion of said passenger compartment when the temperature of external air sensed by said temperature sensor means is less than a given value.