The invention provides an automobile capable of production in very small size without sacrificing driver comfort while retaining capability of carrying a passenger or, alternatively, a large load or a substantial quantity of belongings by omitting a dividing wall between the driver and passenger compartment and the trunk compartment of the vehicle, by providing those compartments with a common and generally level floor in which a driver's seat well is formed utilizing an area as large as necessary to insure his maximum comfort and which, in the small sized vehicle, extends halfway or more of the distance across the interior of the driver and passenger compartment. The floor over the passenger position covers a second well in which a passenger's seat is installed at a position rearward of the most rearward driving position of the driver's seat. In the preferred embodiment, the floor over the passenger's seat well is formed in part by a convertible toeboard and by elements of the passenger's seat.
A front discharge concrete vehicle includes a chassis having a front end and a rear end, a mixing drum supported by the chassis having a first end and a second end, a support column extending between the chassis and the second end of the drum to support the second end of the drum and a cab enclosure supported by the chassis below the second end of the drum. The cab enclosure includes an integrally formed housing extending about a first operator station and a second operator station. The cab enclosure further includes at least one control member between the first and second operator stations and an opening extending between the first and second operator stations. The opening extends below the at least one control member to enable the at least one control member to be accessed from both the first operator station and the second operator station.
