Is a 5 door mini baby friendly?

We will have our main family car that we will share and then looking to get another 2nd car to use as a run around, potentially a 5 door Mini Cooper S. I wondered if anyone knows how practical a 5 door mini is with a baby and how easy it is to get the baby in and out the back? Some reviews say you need to move the front seat forwards to get the baby in and out?

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I have a 2017 mini Clubman which I believe is a bit bigger than the Mini Cooper S. I have two kids, my husband and I are both tall. I’m 5’ 10”. He is 6’ 3”. And we all fit fine. It’s not perfect, but it’s workable. I don’t struggle getting my kids in and out of their seats and they are both still rear facing. We use convertible seats so the seats don’t move from the car ever so I can’t speak to if you have to move the seat to remove an infant seat.

I upgraded my 3 door mini for a countryman as it wasn’t practical enough. I think you would struggle to fit anyone in front passenger with a baby seat behind.

I had a 5 door mini before I had my daughter and I couldn’t get the pram into the boot. I changed to get a bigger car.
If you have a bigger car then I’d go for a mini. I still pine after mine lol

We’ve had a 3 door mini for 3 years since having our baby 3 years ago . It’s pretty impractical but we had a joie 360 car seat and a baby zen yo-yo so we have coped. Now we are expecting no.2, we know that we have outgrown the car.

I had a 5 door 2021 Cooper when I had my first baby, it worked well for us and only now got a bigger car as we have a 2nd on the way and a dog.
Only issues were our pram took up most of the boot, we had mamas & papas ocarro so not particularly small. It would sometimes be tricky getting her in and out of the car seat but I’d often sit on the passenger seat next to it to get her in and out instead. Also weekends away with lots of stuff was difficult!
If it’s also a second car I’d definitely go for it, I miss my mini so much!

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