Compared with the boot of its predecessor, capacity is increased by 76 litres to 500
litres with the back seats at their rear-most position (versus the Golf's 380 litres and the Estate's 605 litres).
Boot space has increased from 210 - to 265 - litres with the rear seats up, and from 533 - to 579 -
litres with the back seats dropped.
Being a big GT car, the Panamera must also offer decent luggage space and the company claims 495 litres, expanding to 1304
litres with the back seats folded down.
There's 410 litres of space behind the rear seats, which rises to 1,400
litres with the back seats folded flat.
Rear - seat legroom is tight, but boot space is decent, at 460
litres with the back seats in place, or 1,365 litres when they're folded.
Luggage capacity is 420
litres with the back seats up and 1,350 litres with all of them folded down.
The luggage compartment has a capacity of 521
litres with the back seats in place.
The i30's 378 - litre boot rises to 1,316
litres with the back seats folded - that's just two litres less than the VW Golf and 62 litres more than the Focus hatch.
As for cargo space, the Niro has a 60 - 40 split seat, along with 635 litres of trunk space that can be expanded to 1,789
litres with the back row folded flat.
The boot size is no match for its arch-rival, the Mercedes E-Class, but it still impresses, with the 570 - litre space expanding to 1,700
litres with the back seats folded.
The Volkswagen Golf GTI has 380s litres of boot space, expanding to 1270
litres with the back seats folded down.
A nicely sized boot means you can throw plenty of equipment in the back too, with 540 litres of cargo space expanding to 1560
litres with the back seats folded down.
This rises to 1,769
litres with the back seats folded.
Not exact matches
Dairy Crest has picked up a new 50m
litre milk supply contract
with Tesco but reported a 24 % drop in operating profit in its dairies division to # 10.9 m on the
back of higher input costs and competitive pressures.
So he put it in the freezer, Packed his gym
back and he went To the weight floor
with a
litre of his «mino supplement.
Maybe not as much now
with the 1.6 -
litre turbos, but
back in the days of the V10s and V8s the noise could verge on ear - shattering - especially for anyone standing a bit too close.
Anyway, I'm about to jump right
back into bed
with my
litre of Nudie extra pulp orange juice & an array of cold & flu medicines.
It's also the stronger engine - a 3.5 -
litre V6 cosies up
with an electric motor, while the
back wheels are fed by another electric motor.
That sum affords you a 2 -
litre diesel sporting a manual gearbox — opting for the automatic will set you
back a further # 1,500; an A5 Sportback
with Stinger - rivalling performance costs # 37k.
Under the bonnet the 3.0 -
litre twin - turbo V6's breathing has been improved
with a reworked inlet tract and reduced exhaust
back pressure for the standard sports exhaust.
In this instalment we look at Dan's involvement
with the Lotus marque and his exploits at wheel of his Mark VIII, Eleven and Elite / The 1919 Indianapolis Ballots — David Burgess-Wise reveals the history of the five -
litre Ballot racers, four of which were built for the first post-war Indianapolis 500 in 1919 /
Back on the Road Michael Ware's regular feature on reader restorations
The sub-1300cc class was big business
back in the early 1990s, but Peugeot's sporty 106 XSi just missed out on complying
with the rules, owing to its 1.4 -
litre capacity.
The A45's 376bhp 2 -
litre, four - cylinder turbo motor might not be the most potent engine to sit in the front of a hot hatch — that title is now
back with the new Audi RS3 — but its 188bhp per
litre is still an impressive figure.
With photographs by Steve Welsh / Peugeot Racing Engineers, 4: Marcel Gremillon Sébastien Faurès — Fustel de Coulanges concludes his Peugeot series by analysing the career of Marcel Gremillon /
Back on the Road — Michael Ware reports on the total restoration of one of the last Lagonda Two
Litres — a 1932 Continental, of which 23 were made
Back in 1997 the basic 2 -
litre Coupe cost # 20,360,
with the V6 at # 23,900 and the range - topping V6 SE costing # 26,720.
The Infiniti's 3.7 -
litre V6 is, broadly speaking, the same engine also charged
with motivating the new Nissan 370Z, and it's a proper thing: plenty of muted growling, great throttle response and capable of putting real pressure on your
back above 4500rpm.
Back in 1989, as I reported for primordial evo in the guise of Performance Car, the only previous Corvette to bear the ZR1 name (then hyphenated as ZR - 1) had a Lotus - developed engine
with four overhead camshafts, 32 valves, 5.7
litres and 375bhp.
The steering remains the same, while the engine is simply a normal Cooper Works 1.6 -
litre turbo four
with an ECU tweak taking it from 208 to 215bhp, maximum torque remaining the same at 206 lb ft.. As
with its predecessor, the
back seats are binned, while a bold diffuser and spoiler contribute to a 90 per cent reduction in rear lift.
The five - seat tourer has increased headroom for
back - seat passengers, and
with the split-fold rear seats down, it can carry a copious 1675
litres of cargo.
With its new «IDS» 5.2 -
litre V10 engine,
backing up the styling ought not to be an issue.
Kia Canada will be adding a 2.0 -
litre turbocharged four - cylinder to the Stinger's option list later this summer,
backed by an eight - speed automatic
with paddle shifters and mated...
The rear seats feature an adjustable seat
back and ISOFIX mountings,
with split folding ability to increase cargo volume from 616
litres (Less than an X5 and Cayenne, but more than an X6 and Bentayga) to 1 596
litres; below par for the rest of the vehicles in the segment.
Space is decent too,
with enough room for most passengers in the front and
back seats, along
with a sizeable 380 -
litre boot.
The rear seats will accommodate two adults or three children
with ease, while the 355 -
litre boot is only 25
litres shy of the space available in the
back of the Volkswagen Golf and SEAT Leon.
Still, many owners will just use the
back seats as extra luggage space, as the boot isn't huge; it's 25 per cent bigger than before, and MINI claims it offers 215
litres of space
with the roof up or 160
litres when it's folded down.
We don't know about that, but
with good head and shoulder room up front, very decent legroom out
back and a sizeable 484
litres of cargo space in the boot, it could well be the sweet spot that many downsizing luxury SUV buyers are looking for, even if they're pre-family types.
With the rear seats all the way
back, the Tiguan's boot still measures 520
litres, which is pretty good.
Things get a lot more serious
with the F - Type R Coupé, which boasts a 5.0
litre supercharged V8 pumping out 404kW and will set you
back $ 219,600 plus on road costs.
Boot capacity is listed at 361
litres (better than the CX - 3 but less than the HR - V) and the Kona's 60:40 split - folding rear seats fold almost flat,
with a two - level loading floor that potentially allows room for larger objects like bikes to fit through the
back.
But that's not the draw here — the RS's allure is the 350 - horsepower, 2.3 -
litre turbocharged inline - four that delivers 350 lb. - ft of torque to all four wheels managed by a snappy six - speed manual in a 1,568 - kilogram bundle
with a honking hunk of spoiler out
back.
Performance cars Leading the pack of performance showstoppers was the Audi R8 V10 Plus which was launched at Rs 2.47 crore,
with a 610bhp 5.2 -
litre V10 plonked on the
back.
As standard,
with a spare wheel, the boot has 416
litres of luggage capacity and if you fold the
back seats that can be expanded to 1,580
litres, which is pretty good.
In addition,
with the rear seat cushions folded up against the front seat -
backs, the Sports Tourer has a completely flat load floor and a maximum load capacity of up to 1550
litres.
The Tata Nexon was launched
back in September last year
with 2 engine options — a 1.2 -
litre 3 - cylinder turbocharged petrol motor and a 1.5 -
litre 4 - cylinder turbocharged diesel mill.
In the
back of the F45 you've got 468
litres of luggage space to play
with, expandable to 1510
litres with the rear seats folded down.
The hybrid setup combines a 1.4
litre petrol TSI
with 154bhp and an electric motor
with 54bhp for the front wheels,
with a second electric motor on the
back axle developing 114bhp and giving the Vision S four - wheel drive.
And there's OK cargo room
back there, too — 875
litres behind the rear seats, 1,687
with the rear seats down — however that's less than a Toyota RAV4 or Honda CR - V (2,146
litres).
Buy an Astra VXR and you get 380
litres of boot space
with all the seats still in place, which expands to a very useful 1,165
litres when you fold down the
back seats.
The light third - row seat
backs easily fold flat
with the tug of a couple of fabric straps, liberating up to 1,557
litres.
Claimed to be the fastest, most powerful, most luxurious and most exclusive SUV in the world, Bentley's Bentayga
backs up this boast
with a new twin - turbocharged 6.0 -
litre W12 engine thumping out 600 horsepower and 663 pound - feet of torque — enough to rocket the full - sized sport - ute to 100 kilometres an hour in a claimed 4.1 seconds.