How the rear seats just flopped down in the Mirage are lame! They could have done better.
The cheap 1988-93 Ford Festiva hatchbacks had a rear seat that folded down & then the entire rear seat could be flipped forward. This left a very large flat space behind the front seats. It was much better for hauling dogs & other gear in back. I highly doubt the rear seat of Festiva weighed more than a Mirage rear seat. The Festiva surely wasn't a more expensive car. Rear head rests weren't found on cars back then, & that simplified rear seats folding & flipping better, too.