Those vestigial back seats are probably there just to make the car cheaper to insure. A 2-seat sports car screams "death machine" to insurance companies. Not a

Those vestigial back seats are probably there just to make the car cheaper to insure. A 2-seat sports car screams "death machine" to insurance companies. Not a big deal at the Corvette/Cayman prices level, but arguably quite important at the $30,000 USD price range. (caveat: this is largely inherited folk wisdom, and I'd be glad for evidence that insurance, at least nowadays, has enough data to realize what car is likely to end up wrapped around a tree)