How Do Car Seats Fit in a 2024 Alfa Romeo Tonale?
The verdict: The 2024 Alfa Romeo Tonale is the brand’s entry-level offering. The compact SUV seats five and is designed to balance luxury and sportiness. Its backseat is pretty small, however, so we had some issues installing car seats.
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 2024 Alfa Romeo Tonale.
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A Grade
- Latch: The two sets of lower anchors in outer seats sit close to the bottom seat cushion, but they’re still easy to find and use. There are three top tether anchors: Two are well marked in outer seat positions, and the middle seat’s tether anchor is near the top of the rear seatback. If the cargo cover is in place, it covers the middle tether anchor, so parents may need to hunt around for it.
- Forward-facing convertible: This seat was easy to install and fit well. Note that to access the top tether anchor on the seatback, you have to remove the cargo cover.
- Booster: The booster fit well. The buckles are on stable bases nestled in the seat bottom cushion; they should be easy for kids to use independently.
B Grade
- Rear-facing convertible: We connected to the lower anchors without a problem, but legroom was an issue. We moved the front passenger seat forward, and our 5-foot-8-inch front passenger had just enough legroom; taller passengers will need more to be comfortable.
C Grade
- Infant: We had no trouble connecting to the lower anchor, but rear legroom is tight. We had to move the front passenger seat forward several inches to allow the car seat to fit into its base. Our 5-foot-8 front passenger’s knees were too close to the glove box for comfort.
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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