Installing infant and convertible child seats and which new cars make it easy?

Categories: Car Safety, New Car Trends, Safe Cars
Written By: Chris

It goes without saying that when you install a safety item as important as a child seat in you car it should be secure and safe, but also easy to install.  Unfortunately, the easy part is sometimes the hardest to get right. Consumer Report recently attempted fitting child seats into vehicles they test and found that some cars make the job much easier than others.  For car-shopping parents, the list below covers various vehicles that make it the easiest to properly install and securely infant and convertible child seats.  Important factors were vehicle height, as well as interior space.  Minivans and small SUVs are generally the best for height, and easiest on the back. The vehicles listed had average or better reliability, and performed well in government or insurance industry crash tests.

Small cars
Ford Focus
Suzuki SX4
Toyota Corolla
Toyota Matrix
Hyundai Elantra
Nissan Sentra
Nissan Versa (hatchback)

Family cars
Chevrolet Malibu
Nissan Altima
Toyota Prius
Toyota Camry
Ford Taurus
Honda Accord

Upscale & luxury sedans
Toyota Avalon
Audi A4
Acura RL
Acura TL

Wagons
Toyota Venza
Mazda 5

Small SUVs
Ford Escape
Mazda Tribute
Nissan Rogue

Midsized and large SUVs
Ford Edge
Toyota Sequoia
Nissan Murano
Porsche Cayenne
Lexus RX

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