How much can you actually fit in your car’s boot? I’ve tested 33 models to find out

When you’re researching your next car, and want to know how big the boot is, it’ll be measured in litres. That’s fine for comparing one model to another on paper, but in our in-depth reviews we like to go a bit further.

I’ve got a load of carry-on-sized suitcases, and over the last year or so I’ve been trying to cram as many as possible into the boot of pretty much every car I review. It’s yielded some interesting results, showing that the numbers on paper really don’t tell the full story.

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Carwow boot space leaderboard by number of suitcases

The Kia PV5 is the car which swallowed up the most, fitting 15 suitcases before I ran out with space for three more. The Honda Super N sits at the bottom with just two suitcases.

Here’s a table showing the amount of suitcases I managed to fit in each car.

Carwow boot space leaderboard: which car makes the best use of space?

The amount of suitcases in each car only tells half the story – what’s also interesting is seeing how efficiently each car uses its available space.

For example, Tesla says the Model Y has 822 litres of space, and I managed to get nine suitcases in it. That’s exactly the same as I got in the Audi Q6 e-tron Sportback, but that car only has a 511-litre boot.

That means the Q6’s boot is a more useful shape and is easier to pack, which is arguably more important than outright size when you’re carrying loads of stuff.

So to find out which cars make the best use of their space, this leaderboard is ranked by the amount of suitcases per 100 litres I managed to fit in the boot of each car.

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