The boot at around 513 - litres is big enough and its square shape and low
loading lip makes it very usable.
The rear seats fold flat into the floor, which helps make use of the available space, while a low
loading lip makes loading heavy items easier.
Not exact matches
However, overall practicality is compromised by a high
load lip and a small tailgate opening,
making the luggage area a bit tricky to access.
Additionally, the boot
lip is quite flat,
making loading luggage quite easy
Plus, the trunk space is also fairly good: the shallow
load lip, large aperture and boxy proportions
make it quite a usable space, and the capacities (37.2 cubic feet with the rear seats up; 68.8 cubic feet with the rear seats down) help
make the Lincoln MKX one of the most practical vehicles in this segment.
The boot
lip is slightly lower than the three door, too,
making bigger objects easier to
load.
Also, the 222 - litre boot sits deep and has a large
loading lip,
making it tricky to
load / remove heavy luggage.
The boot capacity has been enlarged to 505 litres (VDA), and there is a lower
lip to
make the business of
loading the car less strenuous.
It's a nice square shape with a level
loading lip to
make getting heavy
loads in easy, while the rear seats fold easily in a 60:40 split to reveal a useful 1,290 litres of overall capacity.
You can
make the most of the space, though, thanks to the 40 / 20 / 40 - split rear seat and a little
lip at the
load floor that keeps your groceries in place when you open up the power hatch.
The huge opening
makes loading large or heavy items easy and an almost - flat
lip helps, too.
A twin - floor boot is standard, which is useful in raising the
loading level to the
lip of the rear hatch,
making loading and unloading easier.
The trunk opening is particularly broad, with the combination of a shallow
load lip and a hatchback trunk lid
making it particularly easy to use the impressive - by - class - standards 24.5 cubic feet of space with the rear seats in place.
It also helps that the rear seats do at least fold completely flat, with the sizeable tailgate opening and absence of any trunk
lip making it easy in theory to
load heavier and more cumbersome items into the back.
Cargo capacities are satisfactory too: though the high
load lip can
make access a tad tricky, the 36.4 cubic feet capacity is of a decent size by segment standards.
The 285 - litre boot sits right between the VW Polo and Ford Fiesta in terms of capacity, but the high boot
lip can
make loading items a little tricky.
The
lip of the lid extends to the top of the rear bumper,
making it easy to
load items into the trunk.
It's well shaped, the
loading lip is reasonably low and the hatch opening just
makes it very easy to
load large bags.
For an SUV, the
loading lip is not high and there is electronic assistance to open and shut the lid
making it all the more easier.
Furthermore, the boot's
loading lip sits high,
making loading and unloading a harder task than it should be.
Cargo volume is generous for the segment, at 434 liters (15.3 cu - ft), but the low floor and wide
lip makes loading heavier items a pain in the back — literally, that is.
Boot space is a claimed 650 litres, some 100 litres more than the X6, although the boot of the GLE has an unusually high
loading lip,
making it fairly awkward to lift heavy items over.
Another disadvantage is that the
loading lip and sheer length of the boot floor means it can be quite hard to reach objects in the recesses of the boot,
making the nets of the Style model even more useful.
The boot
lip is also substantially lower — the lower lift - over height compared to the outgoing Ceed
makes it easier to
load heavier items into the boot.
... I further quote... «the
loading lip is uncomfortably high,
making it a strain to
load heavy items»... «It doesn't quite match the superb refinement levels offered by the Golf»...
Loading cargo is also much the same as with segment competitors with the trunk having a deep lip that can make the loading of bigger items a bit more of a mission but normal travel luggage and gold clubs are easy enough to
Loading cargo is also much the same as with segment competitors with the trunk having a deep
lip that can
make the
loading of bigger items a bit more of a mission but normal travel luggage and gold clubs are easy enough to
loading of bigger items a bit more of a mission but normal travel luggage and gold clubs are easy enough to manage.