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by Kate Stahl

Car seats are some of the most important purchases you'll make for your growing little ones, and the latest crop combines safety ensuring technologies with some seriously cool style. With so many amazing newcomers, it's hard to pick a favorite among the awesome new car seats introduced during the last year! Did you go with a new model from old favorite Graco for your infant, or a sleek new entry from Diono for your toddler? Or maybe you decided to invest in Peg Perego's new Primo Viaggio, which fits babes from 5 to 70 pounds (wow!)? Let us know your favorite car seat of the year by voting now, and if we missed your pick, leave us a message below!

(Top Row: Combi Shuttle, Diono RadianRXT, Cybex Aton; Middle Row: Britax Pavilion 70-G3, Britax B-Safe, Orbit Baby Toddler; Bottom Row: Graco SnugRide 30, Maxi Cosi Prezi, Peg Perego Primo Viaggio 5-70)

by babysugar

If looks were everything, the Combi Zeus Turn Car Seat may be giving the Orbit Baby and Nestt a run for their money. Comparable to many infant/toddler car seats, the Combi Zeus is $300, but affords many perks that the others don't.

For starters, it is suitable for infants as small as five pounds through toddlers weighing 40 pounds. Additionally, like the Orbit Baby and Nestt, parents can swivel the seat on the base, making it easy to load and unload your child for rear- or forward-facing positioning. For kids taking a long ride, parents and tots can take pleasure in the ability to recline the forward-facing seat into a more laid-back position — sounds like a bonus for lengthy plane rides or hourless road trips.

To read what some people's complaints are and watch a video of the fancy car seat, read more