What kind of car would you buy as a family of five? We would still need the space for a booster seat and two toddler car seats. Do we have to go the minivan route or are there big enough sedans that allow three young children in the back seat?

I hate 'needing' a car and favor the Toyota Highlander Hybrid. It's got great rear storage, is ridiculously fuel efficient, will handle your kids' seating requirements through many years(unless you have any more), isn't a hulking suv and isn't ugly. It does have the same issue as many hybrids- you can't cover large areas of backseat floorspace with stuff.