Instead of leaving, he took a seat back in the passenger compartment.

"The force came from below up into the passenger compartment."

The car might be 30 years old but the passenger compartment would look fairly fresh.

"They were too big to fit in the passenger compartment."

He turned and walked forward into the cramped passenger compartment.

He twisted to look through the window into the passenger compartment.

So what about the power source designed to warm the passenger compartment?

The three heads in the passenger compartment did not turn.

The same engine heat was used to warm the passenger compartment.

They were the last people to leave the passenger compartment.