Best Used SUVs for Car Seats

Having kids comes with its own set of challenges, one of which is transportation. Extra curricular activities, school, daycare, whatever the destination may be, requires some way to transport your kids safely and a popular way to do that nowadays is to use an SUV.

It makes sense, an SUV is comfortable, big, has four doors, plenty of trunk space, and some are even pretty quick. If you’ve already read about SUVs with the most legroom, the next step to picking an SUV that can handle some car seats is to evaluate the seat width.

Depending on how many kids you either have or are planning to have, be sure to pick the SUV that’s correct in size. With more than two kids you might want to consider something as big as a Chevrolet Suburban, but with two kids you could get away with buying a Honda CRV.

After you’ve picked the correct SUV for how many kids you have (or are going to have), you’ll have to pick the car seats that work best, and then you’ll need to consider how big your car seats can be.

Here's a short list of what to expect:

• 2015 Chevrolet Suburban LT Sport Utility
• 2014 Lincoln Navigator Sport Utility
• 2014 Honda Pilot Touring Sport Utility
• 2014 Toyota Highlander Limited Platinum Sport Utility
• 2014 Ford Edge Sport SUV
• 2016 Honda HR-V LX
• 2016 Mazda CX-3 Sport SUV
• 2016 Fiat 500x Pop Sport

Best SUV for Three Car Seats

For three or more car seats, you’ll probably want to stick with a full size SUV, which tend to have three rows of seats. Depending on what kind of car seats you need, you could fit up to six children in the back seats.

All of our prices are from KBB for an excellent condition vehicle with average annual mileage. Prices can vary based on location, condition and mileage.

2015 Chevrolet Suburban LT Sport Utility- $40,575

With a seat width of roughly 20 inches in the second row, there are many car seats you can fit side by side across all three seats. The third row is considerably smaller, at about 16 inches of width per seat, but even so you could fit three Graco SlimFit All-In-One Convertible car seats in one row.

2014 Lincoln Navigator Sport Utility- $30,686

At a much higher price tag, the Lincoln Navigator has only a slightly wider third row of seats than the Suburban, however with that you also get a much bigger cargo area. With the Navigator you also get higher towing capacity and bigger tires.

Best SUV for Two Car Seats

For a maximum of three car seats, a smaller SUV is a better choice. It’s a smaller car, tends to be more reliable, cheaper to fix and tends to get better gas mileage.