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If you're still rear-facing, the Diono probably isn't going to fit. It's super tall. But it's awesome, and what we're going to get when we have a bigger car. Britax seats are fairly compact and fit well into a variety of cars. The Combi Coccoro is known for being the convertible seat for small cars.

I have a Jeep Liberty, which has a really small back seat. We're planning to get the Diono Radian and put it rear-facing in the center so it doesn't affect the front seats. After baby is a year old, you can get an angle adjuster that goes underneath the seat and changes the angle enough to give you more room. To me, the Diono seems like the best deal, long-term, because you don't have to buy another one! If I was a couple inches shorter, I could even fit in it.

@Weagle: Ah! I don't know of any stores that carry it! BRU only has it online, that I know of. We don't have Buy Buy Baby here.

@caffeinated: we have two small cards, a honda civic and toyota corolla and had the same concern. we ended up getting two britax seats and have been really happy with them. We had to move the passenger seat up slightly but it is still comfortable for a taller person. We have a pavilion and a roundabout and they have been great, the roundabout is for the back up car that does less transporting of LO.

BRU will let you try them in your car, and even though they only carry the marathon all the britax seats appear to have the same dimensions per amazon. So, we went and tried the marathon at the store, then came back and ordered on amazon...

We only have LATCH on the two sides, not in the center, so the seats are installed behind the passenger seat. Hope that helps!

We're looking at getting the Combi! DS is still in a booster & we'll probably have another lo on the way before P is out of the convertible so space is a huge factor! Figure we can just keep & use it for the next one when P graduates to a booster.... Had I found it before we would've just skipped the infant seat altogether. Oh well.