Difficult, but not impossible. We fit 3 across the back seat of our Mitubishi Lancer for a few years. You do need to be selective in which car seats you get, and I wish it was easier.

It's still impossible for many vehicles. Plus, slim fit car seats are expensive. Here's the cheapest:

https://www.amazon.com/Graco-SlimFit3-Forward-Highback-Kunni...

That is the problem. Death of the birthrates is by a thousand cuts. The more friction you put in society to having children, less of them you will have. There are thousands of small inconveniences of having children that accumulate.

In my country we have had in the last decades the following - car seats, prohibition small children to roam free, prohibition for kids under 12 to be left alone at home, the size of the city apartments has shrunk substantially - from two bedroom to one. The impossibility of stay at home parent. You can add to the list.

Its only a problem if each child has a separate car seat. There are companies that produce seats for up to 4 children that fit in the back of the car.

Example from a Google search (don't know if they are good)

https://www.multimac.com/

1. Those are often semi-permanent installs

2. Those must be professionally installed

3. Those are pricey

4. Those are, quite by accident, illegal in North America