It won't fit in the center as it is the kind of car seat that attaches to a base that stays in the car. The car seat itself comes out of the car with the baby still strapped into it. Because of this, it can only fit on one of the sides. If I put it on the driver's side, the seat has to be moved a couple of clicks forward and the back of the seat needs to be tilted forward to click the car seat into the base. On the passenger side though, the seat can stay forward a few more clicks than the driver's side and it won't impede the passengers very much that ride in my car. So it pretty much has to go on the passenger side, in the back seat.