A vehicle seat console has at least one vehicle-side guide element and at least one seat-side guide element that is arranged parallel to the vehicle-side guide element. At least one longitudinal adjustment device that is acted upon by a drive device is designed to bring about a relative adjustment between the vehicle-side guide element and the seat-side guide element. The longitudinal adjustment device is provided with a toothed rack and a gearwheel that is in meshing engagement with the toothed rack. The teeth of the gearwheel and/or the teeth of at least one section of the toothed rack are made of materials of different shear strength.