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Recommendations for a car to fit two six-year-olds and a newborn

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Ash2345f · 17/06/2026 21:41

Hi

Can anyone recommend a decent car/jeep that can accommodate two 6 years olds and a newborn baby?

Any help is greatly appreciated thanks in advance :)

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MaryBennetThe2nd · 17/06/2026 21:54

When our 3 were small we had a Ford Galaxy people carrier. Not very exciting but it served us well and we could fit grandparents and kids’ friends in for trips out.
It also had built in booster seats so no need to move car seats between cars.

incognito1991 · 17/06/2026 22:12

I’m part of a car seat group on Facebook and have seen this question often, here’s a photo of all the cars that can safely and comfortably fit 3 across

Recommendations for a car to fit two six-year-olds and a newborn
Swissmeringue · 17/06/2026 23:06

We have a VW Touran. It has 3 ISOFIX points in the middle row and 2 in the back. It's deeply uncool but I bloody love it. I had 5 brownies in there this evening!

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Ohthatsabitshit · 17/06/2026 23:09

Almost any 5 seater.

Ash2345f · 23/06/2026 20:17

We’ve gone for the Nissan x trail 7 seater deeply uncool and the street cred has gone entirely haha but needs must! Thanks everyone

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Ash2345f · 23/06/2026 20:18

Ohthatsabitshit · 17/06/2026 23:09

Almost any 5 seater.

Every 5 seater does not fit 3 car seats

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morekidsthanhands · 23/06/2026 20:22

Citroen c5 aircross has been brilliant for us. Three full seats in the back and roomy

GlassBellJar · 24/06/2026 00:07

@Ash2345f have you double checked the manual of the actual car you are about to buy, that you can put a car seat in the middle seat of the middle row?

We had a 7seater x-trail and got caught out when baby number number three arrived because the manual showed you could only use a car seat in the two outer seats and not in the third row or the middle seat. So
despite needing to use three car seats and assuming our 7seater would be fine, we could only do it by putting baby in the front with airbag off and I had to squished in the middle row which was awful as the back row seats where tiny. we ended up swapping it for a Volvo XC90 which has been absolutely fantastic.

Ohthatsabitshit · 24/06/2026 00:18

Ash2345f · 23/06/2026 20:18

Every 5 seater does not fit 3 car seats

Yes ChatGPT will list the ones that work for your particular car seats/ages.

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