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I didn't come across those narrow seats when we looked into solution for fitting two kids and an adult (grandma) in the back row.

So we went for (especially in Europe) rather limited subset of cars where all 3 of the 2nd row seats are proper sized, with Isofix on each of them.

Usually same makes/models that offer the option of additional 2 seats in the 3rd row.

Even the supposed narrow ones can be a pain in the arse to actually get in the back.

Every family I see with at least 2 kids has a minivan, so maybe we can discuss if minivans are causal.

I didn’t need the minivan until the third kid appeared. I would have stayed with a sedan as long as possible.

We ran the sedan through 3 but really should have moved to the minivan much earlier; they're just much more practical for almost everything.

Only for some North American models. The narrow seats are mandatory to even try but even then some cars are 3-4 inches too narrow door to door.