What car for three child seats?

[chrisp84]

Evening all, me and the missus are going to have three kids under three in the near future so will need a car with enough space for three car seats in the back. the only car I know that can do this is an s max.

Any more I should consider? Open to all suggestions apart from 4x4's....

[miniman]

This will increase your options:

http://www.multimac.co.uk/3_child_car_seat

[chrisp84]

miniman said:

This will increase your options:

http://www.multimac.co.uk/3_child_car_seat

Great suggestion, thanks. However when I tried to see if it would fit on my girlfriends zafira it said:


"Notes about fitting Multimac to this car:

Special fitting to be advised The MULTIMAC will fit on the car-seat, but there is no suitable mounting for the eye-bolt [probably because the existing buckle is fitted to the removable car-seat frame]. Contact MULTIMAC, or lobby the car vehicle manufacturer, to arrange a special fitting, or to be advised that this is impossible."

[Rowan138]

renault megane scenic, easily big enough

[Danesgate]

chrisp84 said:

Evening all, me and the missus are going to have three kids under three in the near future so will need a car with enough space for three car seats in the back. the only car I know that can do this is an s max.

Any more I should consider? Open to all suggestions apart from 4x4's....

What car have you currently got?

We were in a similar situation and went out looking for a new car but ended up at a Volvo dealer just buying their narrow-frame child seats, three of which fit just fine across the back seat of a Passat.

What I thought was going to be a £20k+ shopping trip, ended up costing £75 per seat.....!

[TheTurbonator]

I think you can fit 3 seats into the back of the C4 Picasso and I can't recommend one enough. I say think, as I've had 2 Isofix seats, side by side and it looked like there was still enough room to fit another on the end.

I recommended the Grand Picasso in a recent 7 seater thread, along with a few posters and also posted a link to a larger thread in the French Bred section:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

We have the Grand Picasso and now after 20,000 miles it still hasn't missed a beat and nothing still hasn't come loose. It honestly still feels like it's brand new. Obviously if you don't need the bigger boot or 2 extra seats, the standard Picasso will save you a little money in purchase price and in fuel, as it's a little lighter.

I know they're probably the complete opposite to a PH car but they're a very good car for what they are and for what they're built to do.

Edited by TheTurbonator on Wednesday 18th July 22:48

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[Situation]

miniman said:

This will increase your options:

http://www.multimac.co.uk/3_child_car_seat

I wonder how safe this would be carrying the inertia of three children?

[-Pete-]

http://www.childcarseats.org.uk/law/index.htm

[GreatGranny]

You can fit 3 child seats in all of the decent sized MPVs with ease.

Yes you can fit them in the back of a large car such as a Mondeo but I found it a hassle each time you strapped them in.

S max is more car like than the normal MPV.

[miniman]

Situation said:

miniman said:

This will increase your options:

http://www.multimac.co.uk/3_child_car_seat

I wonder how safe this would be carrying the inertia of three children?

multimac said:

The Multimac has been approved to the European Safety Standard for child seats, ECE 44-04, and greatly exceeds all the crash test requirements.

This is remarkable because it has to cope with dramatically variable loads – from a single 9 month old to 4 x 12 year old test dummies - in fact to cover all the scenarios, 11 different child age/load combinations have to be crash tested!

[chrisp84]

Danesgate said:

What car have you currently got?

We were in a similar situation and went out looking for a new car but ended up at a Volvo dealer just buying their narrow-frame child seats, three of which fit just fine across the back seat of a Passat.

What I thought was going to be a £20k+ shopping trip, ended up costing £75 per seat.....!

We currently have a Zafira which we would Ideally like to keep. Narrow-frame seats would be a good idea I'm sure vauxhall must do something like that!

TheTurbonator said:

I think you can fit 3 seats into the back of the C4 Picasso and I can't recommend one enough. I say think, as I've had 2 Isofix seats, side by side and it looked like there was still enough room to fit another on the end.

We had a look at them when shopping for the Zafira, nice looking cars and a good suggestion. Will definatly be an option if we need to swap thanks

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