Seems rather small for what you all here are able to fit on your Prius. How do they come up with these specs? The Honda CR-V has more than double the luggage capacity of the Prius but are they folding the seats down to get more than double? Or is it the vertical space I'm missing?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(clintd555 @ Feb 12 2007, 02:15 PM) [snapback]389012[/snapback]</div> I don't know how they calculate capacity and I really don't care. I use the plastic mail tub from the Post Office as the standard unit of measure. The car fits 4 on the deck and 4 across the back seat (seat back up) which meets my criteria. I don't like to load over the seats as the hatch window is blocked but I saw one packed to the ceiling. If your stuff doesn't actually fit in the car the specs are worthless.
I always tell people the Prius was designed using non-Euclidean geometry: It's bigger on the inside than it is on the outside! Seriously, though, it feels that way. From the outside it looks like a little car, but on the inside it's amazing. Toyota managed to push all of the space robbing parts way forward or back, and the bubbly top adds a lot of headroom. I'm still impressed. Take a look at this post: What you can fit into a Prius Tom
Some measure it to the roof, others measure it to the top of the rear seatback. Depends how you wanna measure it. Of course, with the seats folded, the compact SUV wins (in particular the CR-V and RAV4 because of their low floor and removeable rear seats).
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(qbee42 @ Feb 12 2007, 07:35 PM) [snapback]389299[/snapback]</div> We compare it to Mary Poppins' bag...
