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Estate cars with the biggest boots of 2023

If you’re buying an estate then this is probably the main reason — boot space. After all, what good is an estate if it’s not practical? Here, then, are the best estate cars with big boots…

Skoda Superb Estate

1. Skoda Superb Estate (660 litres)

9/10
Skoda Superb Estate review
Battery range up to 44 miles
The Skoda Superb’s 660-litre boot isn’t just massive, it’s also clever. There’s an adjustable boot floor, space underneath to stash the luggage cover, bag hooks, a removable torch, and plenty more besides. There’s a nice low loading lip too. If only the back seats folded fully flat, it would be perfect.
Mercedes E-Class Estate (2020-2023)

2. Mercedes E-Class Estate (640 litres)

8/10
Mercedes E-Class Estate (2020-2023) review
The Mercedes E-Class’ huge 640-litre boot is also plush, and there are nice touches such as a luggage cover that automatically lifts up when you open the rear hatch. You can’t stash that cover under the floor, sadly, but the rear seats do fold fully flat.
Skoda Octavia Estate

3. Skoda Octavia Estate (640 litres)

8/10
Skoda Octavia Estate review
Battery range up to 47 miles
The Skoda Octavia not only packs more loadspace than any other alternative for similar money (640 litres), it’s also rather more clever. Spec it with the optional adjustable boot floor and you not only get a flat load floor, and extra space underneath, you even get a full-size spare wheel. The rear seats don’t fold 100 per cent flat, which is a shame.
Ford Focus Estate

4. Ford Focus Estate (608 litres)

7/10
Ford Focus Estate review
Yet another roomy estate that lacks seats that fold properly flat, but we’ll forgive the Focus because it’s so good to drive, and because its 608-litre boot is still impressively large for a car of this size.
Toyota Corolla Touring Sports

5. Toyota Corolla Touring Sports (598 litres)

7/10
Toyota Corolla Touring Sports review
The Corolla Touring Sports’ 598-litre boot falls just a few litres short of alternatives such as the Ford Focus and Kia Ceed, but it’s still massively roomy, and — yes — the rear seats fold properly flat. You can also get it with an optional pack that includes a waterproof boot liner that’s perfect for dog owners.
BMW 5 Series Touring

6. BMW 5 Series Touring (570 litres)

8/10
BMW 5 Series Touring review
Battery range up to 30 miles
The BMW 5 Series Touring not only looks fantastic and is fun to drive, its 570-litre boot is a perfectly decent load space, and expands to 1,700-litres if you fold down the back seats. Just bear in mind that the space shrinks to a mere 430-litres if you get a plug-in hybrid version.
Audi A6 Avant

7. Audi A6 Avant (565 litres)

9/10
Audi A6 Avant review
The handsome Audi A6 Avant’s 565-litre boot is a little less commodious than the BMW 5 Series (and much smaller inside than the Merc E-Class) but it’s still pretty practical, and you get a useful load space divider system as standard.
Citroen C5 X

8. Citroen C5 X (545 litres)

8/10
Citroen C5 X review
The Citroen C5 X does get a decent 545-litre boot, but the rear seats only split-fold in 60:40 ratio, rather than the more useful 40:20:40 of the closely-related C5 Aircross SUV. You do get a ski-hatch, though, which makes it easier to load longer, thinner items and still allow two people to sit in the back.
Volvo V60

9. Volvo V60 (529 litres)

8/10
Volvo V60 review
Battery range up to 31 miles
The Volvo V60 might be an extremely handsome car, but its 529-litre boot isn’t as large as some alternatives’. On the upside, there’s a useful net partition that makes it safer to carry heavy items or pets, and the rear seats do fold properly flat.
BMW 3 Series Touring

10. BMW 3 Series Touring (500 litres)

9/10
BMW 3 Series Touring review
With 500 litres of space to play with, the BMW 3 Touring doesn’t have the biggest boot in its class, but it might just be the classiest. It has plenty of clever features, our favourite being the fact that the rear window hatch can be opened separately to the tailgate for quick, easy access to the boot.

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Estate cars with the biggest boots FAQs

How long’s that piece of string again? It will depend on the car, of course, but in general most estates will allow you to pack in at least two big and two small suitcases with the rear seats in place; or two-to-three sets of golf clubs; or one large baby buggy plus some squashy bags. Bigger cars, such as the Skoda Superb Estate and Mercedes-Benz E-Class Estate will do better than that — Mercedes even claims that the E-Class will hold a full-size washing machine without folding down the back seats. 

Easy — The Skoda Superb Estate. It’ll take 660 litres of whatever you need to carry up to the luggage cover, and if you fold down the back seats, you’ve got 1,690 litres of space to play with. IKEA won’t know what hit it…

All of them do — there’s not an estate car currently on sale that doesn’t have folding rear seats, but there is nuance. Not all rear seats will fold entirely flat, and if you’re loading really big, heavy items that can be a deal-breaker. Equally, all estate cars have seats that split and fold, allowing you to carry large items and at least one rear seat passenger, but the best ones have seats that split into three, rather than two, sections which gives you maximum possible versatility. If practicality is high on your list of priorities, make sure you try before you buy.

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