2006 Mazda 3, is there any hope?

[lindygrey]

I need to fit seats for a three year old, a two year old and a newborn into my Mazda 3. If we can ever get out of the house that is.

Does anyone have any tips?

[Papooses]

Can you find out what the interior hip width measurement of the vehicle is? Also, what is each child's weight & height?

The good news is that the database results seem to indicate that installation in this vehicle is generally quite good

[lindygrey]

interior hip room is 54 inches and it does have three latch anchor points and three upper tethers.

The kids are two, two and newborn. 20 lbs, 25 lbs and 8 lbs. All average height.

	LATCH LATCH stands for Lower Anchors and Tethers for CHildren. It is a system mandated by the Federal government in an effort to standardize and simplify the installation of child restraints without using the vehicle's seat belt system. New vehicles and child safety seats manufactured on and after September 1, 2002 will be equipped with the LATCH system. Cars, minivans, and light trucks will be required to have anchor points between the vehicle's seat cushion and the seat back in at least two rear seating positions, and a top tether anchor (with the exception of convertibles). Child safety seats will have a lower set of attachments that fasten to the vehicle anchors. Most forward-facing child safety seats will also have a top strap (tether) that attaches to the top anchor in the vehicle.

[dimsumdaddy]

keep us updated on your efforts. I have a car similar in size and am trying to figure out 3 across too.