SEAT ASSEMBLY WITH OPEN MIDGATE CONFIGURATION

Vehicles and seat assemblies with open midgate configurations are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a vehicle includes a passenger cabin, a vehicle seat inside the passenger cabin, a cargo bed and a midgate. The vehicle seat includes a seat bottom and a seat backrest. The seat backrest is configured to slide horizontally over the seat bottom to move between a forward configuration and a rearward configuration. The cargo bed is located on the rear side of the passenger cabin. The midgate is configured to move between (i) an open configuration in which the passenger cabin is open to the cargo bed, the seat backrest is in the forward configuration, and the midgate is located above the seat bottom, (ii) and a closed configuration in which the passenger cabin is closed off from the cargo bed by the midgate and the seat backrest is in the rearward configuration.