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SUV's: 5 Seaters
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Moderate. Remember you can't stack cargo all the way to the roof--only to the top of the rear vehicle seat –- because otherwise you can’t see out the rear-windshield (a serious safety hazard).
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Cargo Safety
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Usually poor. Most 5 Seater SUV's do not have an option for a net/screen that will safely secure cargo and prevent it from flying into the passenger area.
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Seating Capacity
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5 seats.
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Access to 3rd Row
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Not Applicable
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LATCH in Center
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Currently the Saturn Vue and Buick Rainier are the only 5-seater SUV’s which allow simultaneous installation of 3 car seats using the LATCH system. Note that some car seats may be too wide to allow 3 seats to be installed securely side-by-side whether or not you use LATCH.
There are a few SUV’s where you can install a flexible LATCH child restraint in the center position (using the inboard anchors for the side seats’ LATCH systems) as long as the child restraint instructions state that it can be installed to anchors that are wider than the standard. If installing another car seat in this SUV, you must use the seat belt to secure it on the side (because you cannot use the LATCH in the center and the side simultaneously as this would require sharing an anchor).
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Fuel Efficiency
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Moderate
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Back Row Roominess
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Typically a little more spacious than a sedan (width-wise); i.e. it is more likely (but definitely not always possible) to be able to fit 2 car seats side by side in a small SUV than a sedan.
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Rollover Risk
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Moderate to High
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