A stowable seat assembly for a motor vehicle having a floor, the seat assembly comprising: a seat bottom having a forward portion and an opposite rearward portion, and an upper or seating side and an opposite lower side facing, in use, the vehicle floor; a seat back having an upper portion and a lower portion, the seat back lower portion pivotably coupled to the seat bottom rearward portion; a front pair of legs each having an upper end and an opposite lower end, each upper end pivotably coupled to respective first and second lateral sides of the forward portion of the seat bottom via releasable locking mechanisms, each lower end pivotably coupled, in use, to the vehicle via first latch mechanisms configured to enable selective translation of the front legs; a rear pair of legs each pivotably coupled at an upper end to the respective first and second lateral sides of the seat bottom at the rearward portion, a pair of linking members pivotably coupling the lower ends (118, 130) of the front and rear legs (62, 66) coupled to the first lateral side of the seat bottom to each other and the front and rear legs (62, 66) coupled to the second lateral side of the seat bottom to each other, the linking members adapted to be disposed below the floor of the vehicle; and wherein the seat assembly being selectively movable from a deployed position to a stowed position whereby the seat bottom is pivoted forward about the front and rear legs (62, 66) to the stowed position while maintaining the lower side of the seat bottom facing, in use, the vehicle floor and the front and rear legs (62, 66) pivotably coupled, in use, to the vehicle and the seat bottom, the seat assembly being adapted to be collapsed and stowed into a stowage recess without having to unlatch or decouple front or rear legs (62, 66), characterised in that said rear pair of legs are releasably coupled at a lower end to a second latch mechanism selectively securing, in use, the rear legs to the vehicle and in that it further comprises a first actuation mechanism operatively associated with the first latch mechanism, the first actuation mechanism configured to selectively release the front legs from the first latch mechanism such that each front leg articulates downward about a guide slot to a forward tipped position. a seat bottom having a forward portion and an opposite rearward portion, and an upper or seating side and an opposite lower side facing, in use, the vehicle floor; a seat back having an upper portion and a lower portion, the seat back lower portion pivotably coupled to the seat bottom rearward portion; a front pair of legs each having an upper end and an opposite lower end, each upper end pivotably coupled to respective first and second lateral sides of the forward portion of the seat bottom via releasable locking mechanisms, each lower end pivotably coupled, in use, to the vehicle via first latch mechanisms configured to enable selective translation of the front legs; a rear pair of legs each pivotably coupled at an upper end to the respective first and second lateral sides of the seat bottom at the rearward portion, a pair of linking members pivotably coupling the lower ends (118, 130) of the front and rear legs (62, 66) coupled to the first lateral side of the seat bottom to each other and the front and rear legs (62, 66) coupled to the second lateral side of the seat bottom to each other, the linking members adapted to be disposed below the floor of the vehicle; and wherein the seat assembly being selectively movable from a deployed position to a stowed position whereby the seat bottom is pivoted forward about the front and rear legs (62, 66) to the stowed position while maintaining the lower side of the seat bottom facing, in use, the vehicle floor and the front and rear legs (62, 66) pivotably coupled, in use, to the vehicle and the seat bottom, the seat assembly being adapted to be collapsed and stowed into a stowage recess without having to unlatch or decouple front or rear legs (62, 66), characterised in that said rear pair of legs are releasably coupled at a lower end to a second latch mechanism selectively securing, in use, the rear legs to the vehicle and in that it further comprises a first actuation mechanism operatively associated with the first latch mechanism, the first actuation mechanism configured to selectively release the front legs from the first latch mechanism such that each front leg articulates downward about a guide slot to a forward tipped position.