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10 hatchbacks with biggest boots in 2024
Just because you’re looking for a hatchback, rather than a massive estate or an SUV, doesn’t mean you need to put up with a tiny boot and no space to store yours or your family’s kit and clobber. While some hatchback cars do have boots best suited for a handbag rather than a suitcase, some of the best cars with big boots are hatchbacks - and they have truly cavernous load areas with room for all the detritus that comes with family life, awkward hobbies or even just a big shopping trip.
We’ve rounded up 10 of the very best here.
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Boot space seats up: 391 litres / Boot space seats down: 1,069 litres
The most popular small hatchbacks in Europe and generally one of the very best you can buy, the Renault Clio is blessed with a boot space that shames some cars from the class above - it has more capacity than a Volkswagen Golf, for example. The boot does shrink somewhat if you opt for the very efficient hybrid model, but even then it still has more than 300 litres of space available.
The seats fold in a 60:40 split and go almost flat, though there’s a bit of a lip to hoick items over. But all that practicality is wrapped up in a package that looks good, drives well and is offered with some very tempting deals. The Clio’s a great car if you want a big boot in a small car.
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Boot space seats up: 252 litres / Boot space seats down: 1,050 litres
The Hyundai i10 is the undisputed boot champion of the city car class. With a commendable 252 litres of space, a small family could conceivably use the i10 as their only car - there’s just about enough room for a bulky buggy back there, though you will need to travel light otherwise.
And unlike many small cars the i10’s boot isn’t an awkward shape - it’s square and unsullied by intrusions, with a nice flat floor. The split-folding seats liberate even more space, though once again you will find a pronounced lip that stops you from sliding bags around easily.
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Boot space seats up: 410 litres / Boot space seats down: 1,220 litres
Honda and Civic are both bywords for dependability and practicality - so it’s no surprise that the latest Civic despite its high-tech hybrid system and stylish shape remains a car with a massive boot. A slight step in the floor makes it a little awkward, but it’s smooth-edged and level with the folded seat backs making it easier to slide items around.
It’s a clever space, too. There’s a bit of storage under the boot floor, useful cubbies behind the wheel arches and we love the load cover - it’s a soft fabric affair that rolls up to not much bigger than a pocket umbrella, making it way easier to store away than the huge rigid board affairs most other hatchbacks are saddled with.
Battery range up to 49 miles
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Boot space seats up: 600 litres / Boot space seats down: 1,555 litres
Though it looks a bit like a saloon car, the Skoda Octavia’s rear opens up to reveal a massive hatchback boot opening and one of the biggest boots of anything this side of a van. This is a great car for the sort of person who likes to have their whole life (plus the kitchen sink) with them when they’re on the road.
Folding the seats down liberates more room than some estate cars, and the Skoda’s boot is packed with clever touches, too - you can get some smart dividers that Velcro onto the boot floor and can be used to stop your bags sliding around.
Battery range up to 37 miles
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Boot space seats up: 426 litres / Boot space seats down: 1,378 litres
The Kia XCeed is a funky combination of hatchback and SUV - but despite its dramatically sloping roofline there’s a good-sized boot hidden behind its large tailgate. At 426 litres it’s only a little bit less room than you’ll get in the Ceed SW estate.
There’s a bit of a lip at the entrance to the boot that you’ll have to hoick items over, but the rear seats do fold down very flat and there’s no hump in the floor, so you can easily slide larger items right to the back.
Battery range up to 239 miles
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Boot space seats up: 425 litres / Boot space seats down: 1,176 litres
Many cheap electric cars have small boots necessitated by the bulky battery packs they have to carry - and what’s more, you lose even more space having to store your charging cables inside. Well, the Nissan Leaf has plenty of room for cables and lots more besides thanks to its big, 425-litre space.
It’s a deep boot rather than a long one, so you do have to lift items over quite a tall loading sill - and when you fold the rear seats down, you’re not left with a flat floor. But compared to almost every other electric car for the price, the Nissan Leaf is extremely practical.
Battery range up to 35 miles
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Boot space seats up: 422 litres / Boot space seats down: 1,389 litres
The Vauxhall Astra is a great-value route into a family hatchback, and the latest model is smart to look at and good to drive. But as well as all that, it has a very useful boot capacity of 422 litres on petrol or diesel models, besting most of the alternatives.
The space is split by an adjustable boot floor that can be lowered for maximum capacity or raised up to allow for some underfloor storage as well as a totally flat transition between the boot and the folded rear seatbacks. Opt for the plug-in hybrid variant and you do lose this underfloor storage space, though there’s always the cavernous Astra Sports Tourer estate if you need even more room.
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Boot space seats up: 304 litres / Boot space seats down: 1,205 litres
The Honda Jazz may not have the biggest boot on paper, but if there was ever a case of not going totally by the numbers this is it. The Jazz’s boot is nice and square, and there’s a really useful cubby under the floor ideal for keeping things like your first aid kit that you want accessible but out of the way. Fold down the seats though, and that’s where the magic happens.
Literally - they’re called ‘Magic Seats’ and instead of the seatbacks simply flopping down onto the bases they lower right out of the way, leaving a cavernous space with a totally flat floor. Or, if you want to carry very tall items, you can fold the seat bases up like a cinema chair - great for plant pots.
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Boot space seats up: 328 litres / Boot space seats down: 1,108 litres
In terms of boot space for the money, the Dacia Sandero is extremely hard to beat. It’s one of the UK’s cheapest new cars, but far from being a pokey little buzzbox it’s a proper-sized supermini with a good-sized boot.
Dacia’s no-frills approach does extend to the car’s load area, and there’s pretty cheap carpeting, seats that don’t go completely flat and a big loading lip that’s largely unprotected. But if you just need a new car with lots of room, the Sandero’s a great shout.
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Boot space seats up: 380 litres / Boot space seats down: 1,190 litres
The Fabia is closely related to the SEAT Ibiza and Volkswagen Polo but Skoda’s somehow managed to carve out even more boot space. With 380 litres on offer, it’s actually as spacious as the boot in a Volkswagen Golf - seriously impressive.
There are optional luggage nets to stop things flying around, as well as an optional adjustable boot floor. Folding the rear seats down liberates a huge space, as the Skoda’s square dimensions allow for pretty large items to be loaded in.
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