This is an extremely sturdy car seat that I bought from new. No accidents or dings have happened and it has been in a car with dark tinted windows, so has had very little sunlight to cause it degrading of the plastic . It can be used rear facing or forward facing. It is listed as having left the USA factory in December 2016. We started using this rear facing when I bought it approx March/April 2017 My son is now 3.5 years and wanted to see more of what is going on so is now in a booster. It has very good ‘sides’ which I always felt would offer heap of protection should there ever be any accidents involving side impact. The seat cover has been washed after we have stopped using it. There are a couple of marks here and there ( ball point pen mark mostly) but in pretty good condition otherwise. Included are the small baby padding items. I don’t have any of the instructions etc ( these are easily downloadable at evenflo.com so you will find it easy to figure out best way to use in your vehicle. We used fixing points that I have in my car but it can be secured in with normal seatbelts. Check out https://www.tethermytreasure.co.nz/product/evenflo-sureride for a really good rundown of this seat.