# Good cars for bad backs **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [November 24, 2008, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/good-cars-for-bad-backs/22483 "2008-11-24T12:44:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/good-cars-for-bad-backs/22483/4 "2008-11-24T18:58:04Z")
Yes, those tend to be very “upright cars” and have very good seats. As VDC says, seat comfort is very personal, but I like good lumbar support and slightly larger than average seats. That rules out a number of imports. Years ago, Road & Track did an article on seats. As expected, most sports cars had seating positions so low that they were uncomfortable on long trips. Volvo and Mercedes rated very high, US-built low end cars fared very bad for lack of good lumbar support. The best bench seats they could fine was in, beieve it or not in a Mercedes garbage truck! Worts seats I ever had were in a 1957 Plymouth and 1971 Mercury Comet. Best seats in a 1976 Ford Granada and a 1988 Olds 88. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.cartalk.com/t/good-cars-for-bad-backs/22483)._