Britax was supposed to have a LATCH Roundabout by the end of 1999, then the end of 2000, now by the end of 2001. Still does not exist. Here's the info you need, straight from the Britax CEO (this is in response to my complaint of all the delays, that the my infant daughter will be driving her own car before the Roundabout with LATCH is sold):

Hello Mr. Dickey,

We will be starting to build our forward-facing seat with ISOFIT/LATCH this

month. It will be called the "Expressway" and will be based on the Freeway

Plus (20 to 40 lbs.). We made some adjustments to the Freeway Plus to

bring down the cost so the Expressway with ISOFIT connectors can retail

close to the Freeway Plus. The Roundabout has passed our government tests

with the ISOFIT but we are developing a system for easier routing

rear-facing. We want to avoid mis-routing possibilities.

The ISOFIT connectors are our own Britax development and had to be started

from scratch using principles known from our buckle designs of the

past. The biggest delay was caused because when using the adult seat belts

in the vehicle, their strength is huge. The US gov't test for LATCH

anchors in vehicles has been the subject of great controversy and we have

found that our LATCH connectors must be far stronger than the gov't test

would require. Some vehicles on the road have very severe crash pulses,

plus as with some vehicles we expect consumers will use the 2 inner anchors

that are far wider than the gov't standard specifies. The gov't standard

specifies 280 mm spacing and the 2 center inner anchors can be 500 mm

apart. This wide spacing is (according to the gov't standard) too wide and

not "legal" for LATCH use, but we know consumers will use it to position

the childseat in the center rear. This very wide spacing, we found, can

place extremely high twisting loads on the LATCH connectors and we had to

make design changes to accommodate the higher loads. If we only designed

for the gov't test we would have had the system out 6 months ago.

We have been working closely with vehicle manufacturers to get the system

tested in real vehicles with full scale crashes. Fortunately, the

forward-facing ISOFIT is fine, but unfortunately, rear-facing is far more

challenging.

When your daughter turns 1 year the Expressway will be fine, but perhaps

she will outgrow the infant before turning 1 year old.

As you know, we're not good at predicting release times, but we're very

close to having other new products finished this month and the Roundabout

ISOFIT will get top priority soon. If you look at our website

www.childseat.com you will see that we have many new products imminent plus

a Travel system will be available by spring.

My apologies for all the delays.

Kind Regards,

Tom Baloga