[Closed] 3 nr rear isofix positions preferably not a 7 seater?

I know my 59 plate a6 can just fit my 5'2" wife in between the kiddie seats in the back, but it's ridiculously tight and only for short journys. The car feels bloody enourmas otherwise, so you'll,be looking at a monster!

(Looking at a monster).... That's my fear....

Honda FRV?

Skoda octavia. I fitted (15st male) with 2 isofix seats, getting in was the hardest part. Once I got in it was only a liitle bit tight

It was an octavia scout

Smax with the back row taken out......

Frv would be possible is there any thing else currently in production with a flexible rear row?

My dislike of 7 seaters is that we would only need one for 1 week a year and I'm not convinced by the 5 + 2 options having had someone attempt to park in the boot of a previous car

Toyota Verso we had could. Never used the back row, they just stayed folded away. Best was that the three seats in the middle were seperate seats, so could slide independently. Was a squeeze with three though.

you only need the 3x isofix once a year?
Buy something sensible for the 51 weeks and then hire for a week.

Don't have isofix seats, but have had 3 kiddy seats on the back of my Mondeo (and also 2 kiddy seats in with part of the seat folded to fit in an xmas tree). So I can't say definitively, but it's definitely worth a look - it's a very wide car, with significantly more width in the rear seat than my previous 406.

Oh and also not too bad with 2 kiddy seats and one adult.

Another vote for the FRV. Granted not the sexiest car but that isn't your priority. I've had mine almost 8 years and it's been absolutely faultless, only needing a battery, Brake pads, wiper blades and tyres in that time.
I haven't even had to replace a light bulb!

Ideal family car IMO. Three proper rear seats, you can slide the middle one backwards to give extra legroom if required and with the seats down its a huge load carrier.

almera tino...

Non isofix car seats are available, and work just fine. Especially now centre rear seats are usually 3 point rather than lap belts. Don't buy the wrong car for one week with the grandparents.

I would say S-Max as well (though I don't think you can actually take the back row out, not that you notice when they're folded down). Possibly Grand C-Max or whatever it's called has them too?

FRV +1 here as well, big enough for six adults, front centre and 2 rear outer seats have isofix. Boot with rear seats down big enough for 5 bikes if loaded correctly. 😉

S-Max is two isofix in the middle row but the third seat will take an adult or a non-isofix seat.

Vague feeling a Freelander will do three seats across it - but I'd rather have Ford's posh bike van.

Ford Galaxy has 3 isofix points across the ack iirc.

Grand Picasso. Third row seats fold flat into floor so a massive boot area

Have checked and it seems Mondeo only has 2 isofix fittings, but plenty of space and a 3 point belt in the middle for an adult or a traditional kiddie seat. Anyway I thought isofix was only used on seats for smaller kiddies, so not only is it only going to be needed one week a year, it's also probably only going to be needed for a couple of years - didn't appear to be an option when buying the seats our 4yo is now using.

Am I currently winning with the only suggestion of a normal shaped car (even if it doesn't quite meet the specific suggested requirements)? 😉

Before Isofix came along, we had three seats across, variously, a Mondeo, a 405, Volvo 940, Honda Stream, Talbot Express campervan and an Avensis. Some of the seats are way bigger than others, get seats to fit the car, not the other way round.

Thanks for the advice, looks like the FRV won't comply with my company car allowance policy (too much CO2 and too old)

Using the seats in non isofix mode means that 1 6' adult can sit in between two of them in the current car.

Some isofix seats go up through the age range to 12yrs

T1000. Isofix seats have a weight limit which i think might be 18 kilos? 12 years surpasses that weight.

To the op get two non isofix seats if you dont move seats out often and put one of them in the middle or one in the front passenger seat (yes it's safe as long as you deactivate the air bag). I bought a 7 seat santa fe which takes care of that occassinal need for mucho passengers for a short trip. Probably woyldnt meet your co2 requirements though of course.

Think my berlingo multi space (new shape) has three isofix. All the rear seats re the same width anyway.

The main reason to get one tho is you take 2 seats out and can do 3 people and 3 bikes wheels on.

Isofix might be available for older kids, but not sure what the advantage is once the seat is simply sitting them up higher and the normal seatbelt is holding them in place - my seats don't actually attach to the car at all. Fairly sure both my kids moved out of seats which attached to the car when they were 3.

[quote=swedishmatt ]Isofix seats have a weight limit which i think might be 18 kilos? 12 years surpasses that weight.

My 4yo is over that (according to the report from school - I feel a new thread coming...) and not particularly big for his age.

Grand picasso
Seven seats but they fold into boot floor and you wouldn't know they were there
Good sized boot
I also like the new shape bustling as a mtbing car for reasons above