How Do Car Seats Fit in a 2023 Volkswagen Taos?
The verdict: Volkswagen’s smallest SUV was new for model-year 2022, and for 2023, the Taos gets some more standard safety features. In our Car Seat Check, the Taos earned high grades thanks to good backseat legroom and easy-access Latch anchors.
Does it fit three car seats? No.
Take a look at how the Latch system and each car seat scored below in our Car Seat Check of the 2023 Volkswagen Taos.
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A Grade
- Latch: The two sets of lower anchors are exposed and body-colored (blue in this case), so they’re easy to find and use. The three top tether anchors on the seatback are also clearly marked and accessible.
- Infant: This seat went in easily, and our 5-foot-6-inch front passenger had enough legroom to be comfortable.
- Rear-facing convertible: Again, the seat installed easily and the front passenger had enough legroom.
- Forward-facing convertible: After removing the head restraint, the convertible fit well on the seat and was also easy to install thanks to accessible lower Latch and top tether anchors.
B Grade
- Booster: We again removed the head restraint to situate the booster flush against the seatback. The Taos has stubby buckles, however, which could make them difficult for kids to grasp and use independently.
Grading Scale
A: Plenty of room for the car seat and the child; doesn’t impact driver or front passenger legroom. Easy to find and connect to Latch and tether anchors. No fit issues involving head restraint or seat contouring. Easy access to the third row.
B: One room, fit or connection issue. Some problems accessing the third row when available.
C: Marginal room plus one fit or connection issue. Difficult to access the third row when available.
D: Insufficient room, plus multiple fit or connection issues.
F: Does not fit or is unsafe.
About Cars.com’s Car Seat Checks
Editors Jennifer Geiger and Jennifer Newman are certified child safety seat installation technicians.
For the Car Seat Check, we use a Chicco KeyFit 30 infant-safety seat, a Graco Contender 65 convertible seat and Graco TurboBooster seat. The front seats are adjusted for a 6-foot driver and a shorter passenger. The three child seats are installed in the second row. The booster seat sits behind the driver’s seat, and the infant and convertible seats are installed behind the front passenger seat.
We also install the forward-facing convertible in the second row’s middle seat with the booster and infant seat in the outboard seats to see if three car seats will fit; a child sitting in the booster seat must be able to reach the seat belt buckle. If there’s a third row, we install the booster seat and a forward-facing convertible. Learn more about how we conduct our Car Seat Checks.
Parents should also remember that they can use the Latch system or a seat belt to install a car seat, and that Latch anchors have a weight limit of 65 pounds, including the weight of the child and the weight of the seat itself.
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