Bench seats in the front are a thing of the past, maybe some new car or truck has them??? Bucket seats used to be "sporty". I was very proud my Nova had "bucket seats", and a floor mounted shifter. With 3 speeds. It also had a bone crushing F41 suspension. It was a Camaro with more interior and trunk space.
It seemed "fast", to me, at the time.
My first wife was given a graduation present, a 1980 Chevette, with an automatic transmission. It got poor gas mileage and was awfully slow. Remember 55 mph speed limits?
Ugh.
