Best Chevy Cars or SUVs for Families

Lawrence Chevrolet in Mechanicsburg PA

Best Chevy Cars or SUVs for Families

When it comes to your family only the best will do, especially when safety is concerned. Chevy has a nice lineup of family-friendly vehicles. They have a vehicle to fit every family’s needs. Lawrence Chevrolet in Mechanicsburg, PA. has a friendly and knowledgeable staff that is always happy to help. There is nothing they like more than to see a family drive out of their dealership in a safe family Chevy.

Chevy Cars for Families

The Chevy Malibu or Impala are nice family cars. They are mid-size four-door sedans that seat five people comfortably. They handle and ride smoothly. The interior is a good fit for children. It has upholstery leather seats that can be scotch-guarded and wiped to clean up little spills or sticky fingers.

The LATCH safety seat features are fantastic - not every vehicle comes with this feature and when you have small children you definitely want this in your car. It comes with two sets of connectors for the seats near the windows, and for the middle seat, it has a tether anchor. You can feel safe with your children in the car, knowing they are secure and safe with the LATCH safety feature.

Child safety locks are another important feature for families with small children, to ensure their safety during drives and commutes.

Lawrence Chevrolet in Mechanicsburg PA
Lawrence Chevrolet in Mechanicsburg PA
Lawrence Chevrolet in Mechanicsburg PA
Lawrence Chevrolet in Mechanicsburg PA

Additional features that make the Chevy Malibu a great family car are some of the technology like Wi-Fi which allows older kids to get online and stay connected to their friends. Some models have an entertainment system that attaches to the back of the headrest of the front seats or above the rearview mirror so they can watch movies, this is a great feature to have if you have a child that doesn’t like to ride or if you’re all going on a long road trip.

Safety features are always a plus - the more the car has the better. The Chevy Malibu has a few great safety features. It comes with the Co-Pilot system, which has several safety features include the following. The basis of the Co-pilot is to prevent an accident making the pre-collision feature especially important, as are the blind spot warnings, automatic emergency braking, and the front, cross, and back alerts. This system is amazing and extremely helpful for drivers especially if they have a car full of rowdy children.

Chevy Family SUVs

Most of Chevy’s SUV lineup make good vehicles for families. They are large and generally safer than a car. With all the added safety features they all rate highly. The Chevy Suburban is a great choice for a family SUV. It seats up to nine people comfortably. The interior is very roomy and quiet there is not a lot of outside noise which is a great benefit when you have infants and young children. If you want a Suburban for seven people you can choose the second-row captain chairs in place of the bench seat. There is only a few inches difference between the second row and the third row, so everyone gets the same amount of room.

Just like the Chevy Malibu the Suburban has plenty of entertainment options for the children. It has dual 12-inch screens in the back seats for streaming movies, eight USB ports, so everyone can charge their phones, iPods, iPad, laptops, and other electronics. In the main informant system, you can play music, audiobooks, and podcasts. You get Wi-Fi connectivity which is always a plus for tweens and teens.

Lawrence Chevrolet in Mechanicsburg PA
Lawrence Chevrolet in Mechanicsburg PA
Lawrence Chevrolet in Mechanicsburg PA
Lawrence Chevrolet in Mechanicsburg PA

When you have your children in the vehicle you want the best safety features you can have. The Suburban has several safety features to protect your precious cargo. This large-size SUV has nine-plus cameras to view the entire SUV it helps with backing up, turning corners, or at lights and allows you to see everything around your SUV. It has child safety locks, automatic emergency braking, forward collision alert, that lets you know there is a strong possibility of a front-end collision with the vehicle in front of you so you can take quick action to avoid an accident. Lane keeper and auto high beam assist turn your high beams on and off for you. All these technology and safety features make the Suburban a great Chevy vehicle for families.

The Chevy Traverse is another large SUV that seats up to eight people that has several of the same technology/entertainment and safety features as the Suburban does make this another great choice for a family vehicle.


Chevy has always designed their cars, SUVs, trucks, and vans with safety first. You can rest assured that your family will be safe in any of our Chevrolet vehicles.

Lawrence Chevrolet in Mechanicsburg PA
Lawrence Chevrolet in Mechanicsburg PA
Lawrence Chevrolet in Mechanicsburg PA
Lawrence Chevrolet in Mechanicsburg PA