Not all manufacturers measure boot capacities the same. Simply do what I do when buying a car, take a tape and go and look at the cars and measure the sizes.

That way you can only blame yourself for the wrong decision and not the makers info.

One example, when we bought the wifes Kia Ceed Estate the Skoda Octavia Estate was its main competitor. Kia said the boot space was 530 litres, Skoda claimed 605 litres. Went out with the tape and both were about right with one exception. In the Kia there was a well under the boot floor that contained a space saver with ample room to fit a full size wheel with no loss of capacity. In the Skoda you got a can of glue and a pump. Add a full size spare and the raised boot floor kit and the capacity was down to just under 500 litres.

Buyer beware.

I looked at the same group of cars some time ago [when they were newer, but I had a larger budget].

In the end it came down to the Toureg and the 'baby' 120-series Landcruiser. I was offered a Landcruiser at a decent price so went for that.

I don't know if Landcruisers are down to your budget yet. I was offered £16.5k for my 07 low mileage one as trade-in earlier in the year.

But your criteria might be different to mine - I was interested in ownership costs and reliability, getting a car heavy enough to safely tow my caravan, and with some decent abilities in snow.