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Some cars include additional rear center console, which commonly includes entertainment and climate system controls (and possibly display screens and air vents), auxiliary power outlets, and sometimes window controls when these are not in the doors (for example, in the
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is mounted in the front, more vertical part of the center console to be within better reach of the driver without requiring a long stalk mounted on the steering column.
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The term "center console" (often Median console) often extends, as well, to the armrest between the driver's and passenger's seats, which in some vehicles (such as a
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consists of the control-bearing surfaces in the center of the front of the vehicle interior. The term is applied to the area beginning in the
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have placed this control where the two areas of console and tunnel merge, or at the rear-most end of the console in
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vehicles without transmission tunnels. In some modern vehicles – particularly vans – the
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Increasingly, center consoles include a wide variety of storage compartments and
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Ford Flex Platinum Edition, available second row refrigerated console
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This article about an automotive part or component is a
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which runs between the front driver's and passenger's
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and continuing beneath it, and often merging with the
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