Sonic owners with car seats

[wyos10er]

I'd like to start out by saying that I am not currently a Chevy Sonic owner, but it is on my short list for one of the vehicles to replace my current 2009 Volkswagen Passat. I understand that the Sonic is quite a bit smaller than my current Passat, but before I actually go and try and test drive one of these cars I was wanting to know if there are any parents out there who have been able to put a carseat in the back seat of the Sonic. The car seat that I have is just a cheap Evenflo convertible car seat, compared to the Graco 4Ever car seat that my wife has in her Ford Edge it is very small by comparison. anyways if anyone has had experience put in a car seat in the back of a Chevy Sonic I would love to hear from you.

 

[JTee2017]

We've put both a Diono Booster and full sized infant car seats in back of our Sonic. They fit just fine. What it mostly depends on for the full child rear facing car seat is how far back do the front seats have to be? Also, how much "lean" you like to have on the front seat backs. But this is true of our Chevy Equinox as well which has even more room.
I am 5-11 and like to stretch out and have the driver seat about 3/4 of it;s travel back. Wife is 5' 2" and only about half way back. The full child rear facing seat works best on the passenger side. I can drive OK with the driver seat moved up maybe another 1.5" if needed and then the Full sized rear facing child seat fits ok then also.
The booster seat fits on either side just fine.

 

[bluejay]

I have a safety 1st brand car seat that fits great in the back seat with plenty of room . I also have a graco with a base it’s tight but it fits . I also have a recaro seat but to have the kid fit comfortably u must remove head which make the wife mad so that one has been moved to my Wife’s equinox . When shopping for kids seats I just bring the sonic with me and buy a seat and try it in the parking lot. If it doesn’t fit I exchange it for another one . Sonic is almost a little too small for for a family car but I only use it for short trips to and from daycare so it works for me and my spawn .