Thanks ladies - and ll80, you'll LOVE the Forester - the extra space is just fab. My DH is a total convert (and it was purchased as my car, not his!!!).

I have a sneaking suspicion that it really doesn't fit and we're gonna be doing swappsies. I have a friend who has an Outback & bought the Meridien, but she's saying she really wished she'd got a capsule.... hmm.

Other option is that we just put the front seat forward, if I really want to keep my capsule . I would have thought the Unity capsule was smaller than the standard one.