First thing my wife said when we test drove the X1 was “My god, these seats are awful, its off the list” Same for the Gran Tourer we then went out in, the Gran Tourer had their normal seats, the X1 the sport seats, I found both to be too small, unsupportive, hard as a rock and just plain bad.
The S-Max on the other hand, I drove from Aberdeen to Bristol, then back to just past Manchester in one day last month, not a twinge. Bliss. Nearly as good as my old V70 which had the best seats I ever sat in. No wonder I kept it 8 years.
In life, it's not who you know that's important, it's how your wife found out.