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I'm replacing my 2004 RAV4. It's great advantage is an external spare wheel and the ability to remove the rear seats. This gives a completely flat loadspace which I will also need in the replacement.
Can anybody recommend a current (or since about 2012) 4x4 with a genuinely flat loadspace? (I don't mean "flat" as defined by a marketing department.)
Phil
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With the rear seats folded, the new model Sorento is flat, and has a decent load space - the spare is slung underneath the car. I've not had the seats out though.
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We own a two year old Honda CRV and the boot is massive, certainly bigger than anything else in its class at the time, we looked at all of them. The rear seats do fold (almost) totally flat and there's loads of height.
It's been the perfect big family wagon. Loads of room, very well made, reliable, safe and amazingly economical averaging 56mpg, easily breaking 60 on a run. Not exciting to drive but who buys an SUV for a sporty drive?
Edited by SLO76 on 04/11/2016 at 20:17
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Email Honest John, he'll know.
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We own a two year old Honda CRV and the boot is massive, certainly bigger than anything else in its class at the time, we looked at all of them. The rear seats do fold (almost) totally flat and there's loads of height. It's been the perfect big family wagon. Loads of room, very well made, reliable, safe and amazingly economical averaging 56mpg, easily breaking 60 on a run. Not exciting to drive but who buys an SUV for a sporty drive?
I also have a CR-V, with 2WD 1.6i-DTEC diesel, but having had it from new last October (2015) have averaged exactly 52mpg over 30,000km (about 18,500 miles), with a best of 57mpg driving like a nun. I'd be interested to know whether you live in a relatively flat area, as living in Austria as we do there's a fair bit of up and down involved!
I'd agree with your comments about the interior space in general, and the boot in particular, but I wouldn't say the seats folded anywhere near totally flat, as they did in our old Saab 9-5 estate. Certainly it would be worth the OP checking the CR-V out.
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We own a two year old Honda CRV and the boot is massive, certainly bigger than anything else in its class at the time, we looked at all of them. The rear seats do fold (almost) totally flat and there's loads of height. It's been the perfect big family wagon. Loads of room, very well made, reliable, safe and amazingly economical averaging 56mpg, easily breaking 60 on a run. Not exciting to drive but who buys an SUV for a sporty drive?
I also have a CR-V, with 2WD 1.6i-DTEC diesel, but having had it from new last October (2015) have averaged exactly 52mpg over 30,000km (about 18,500 miles), with a best of 57mpg driving like a nun. I'd be interested to know whether you live in a relatively flat area, as living in Austria as we do there's a fair bit of up and down involved!
I'd agree with your comments about the interior space in general, and the boot in particular, but I wouldn't say the seats folded anywhere near totally flat, as they did in our old Saab 9-5 estate. Certainly it would be worth the OP checking the CR-V out.
We live in sunny Scotland, probably one of the hilliest places on the planet. Still manages 60mpg without much effort.
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For anybody with a similar requirement...
I went round the dealers and looked at 13 different 4x4s. The only one with a genuinely flat loadspace was the Volvo XC-60. (I'm guessing the XC-90 would be similar but I didn't check.)
Phil
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