The Nissan Note, and Ford Fusion, both have flat folding front passenger seats, giving somewhere in the region of 2.4m I believe. Depends what the other dimensions of the load are though.

Vectra estate, probably the longest of the lot, possibly Chevrolet Lacetti estate, seems huge for it's price but i don't know dimensions.

as you said, not easy to find dimensions online.

Edited by gordonbennet on 16/03/2010 at 18:34

The Mondeo or Vectra are the most likely to be on hire fleets.

Just a lateral thought - what would the same equipment cost nearer home - say Hungary or Czech Republic? In the latter you could probably hire a Skoda.

I like the thinking - we were going to check out the cost in Germany as well, as some things are significantly cheaper there. I gather a lot of the Austrians rush over the Hungarian border for their electrical goods. I'll check it out.

Mike,

Re. the Galaxy, have you contacted your local Ford dealer to see if they hire them out? They might, though that option could be expensive. Failing that you could pop into Ford, Vauxhall, VW garages to measure the length of the floor. Bit of a hassle though. How much would it be to get the thing sent by courier?

Not checked - but the initial UK delivery is a two man job and the whole kit is rated at 70kg. We had some curtain poles sent over from the UK because it was more cost effective - Austrian price >€900, UK price £490 + £85 carriage and they were relativelt light but bulky. I suspect that, as there is a lot of glass involved, there could be a problem finding a courier prepared to take the risk, and the carriage insurance would be a must!

Very difficult. I wanted to load something in my Saab 95 estate and it's only 1650 mm flat on the floor. It'll take about 1800 mm with the load up on the folded seats. I would suggest that you might want to think roof-rack with plenty of wrapping.

Volvo Dealers have a hire facility you could specifically hire a V70. Alternatively you could get a quote from a courier like DHL or TNT who will have insurance cover for such an item.