I was just reading the Feb 07 Consumer Reports and there is an interesting article in the issue.. One thing they pointed out that kinda surprised me was that infant car seats in Europe outperformed US models made by the same company. In any case I thought I would list the performance ratings on car seats for infants:

1. Baby Trend Flex-Loc Adjustable Back
2. Graco Snugride with EPS
3. Chicco KeyFit
4. Peg Perego Primo Viaggio SIP
5. Compass I410
6. Evenflo Embrace
7. Britax Companion
8. Graco SafeSeat
9. Safety 1st Designer
10. Combi Centre

Not Acceptable; Did Not Meet Federal Standard
11. Evenflo Discovery

Not Acceptable; Could Not Be Installed Securely
12. Eddie Bauer Comfort

Also the top two are among the most affordable (four seats were under $100 listed and included the #1 and #2 rated models); just proves again the most expensive is not always the safest/best.