Estate cars with lots of rear seat legroom?

[TooLateForAName]

I'm after suggestions for estates that have a lot of rear space.

I know the skoda superb is cavernous, but anything else big?
Looked into the back of a v90 today and was surprised it didn't seem very big inside, given the size of the outside.

thx

[ChocolateFrog]

Doubt you'll get better than the Superb.

[AlexIT]

Passat? A6?

[snotrag]

Skoda Superb is about the best. E Class usually very good, bit better than 5/A6 in my experience.

[Krikkit]

Skoda Superb and Subaru Outback are the two biggest I've been in

[RedWhiteMonkey]

I had a Superb as a courtesy car for three weeks. The room in the back is huge, I could fit both our kid's cars seats whilst being inside the car!

[lemonslap]

Skoda Superb has the most i've experienced by far, i've driven or owned A6, E Class and 5 series to compare.

[Hereward]

My mate has a Superb estate and it was, er, superb when 4 of us did a weekend trip to France and Belgium. I sat in the back and was extremely comfortable. I am not powerfully built but I am 6ft 1inch when fully erect.

[TooLateForAName]

As I suspected - no real competition to the skoda.

We have a superb but coming up to 200k and I quite fancy a change, starting to think it will be to another skoda.

[SturdyHSV]

Holden Commodore Sportswagon, utterly enormous. Comical figures, and yet the 'VE' (~2007 onwards) ones were criticised in Aus for the boot being too small

Skoda Superb has 660 litres with the seats up, the Commo has 895 Loads of rear seat room as well.

Impressively though the Superb is 1950 litres seats down, the Commo only 2000.

You'll have a hard time finding one over here though!

For reference as the why the Aussies complained, the previous gen (VZ) wagons had a frankly ridiculous 1,402 litres with the seats up, expanding to 2,752 litres with the seats down

[Snow and Rocks]

Is the commodore not very closely related to a Opel/Vauxhall Omega?

I don't think you'll beat the Superb or Subaru Outback/Legacy estate OP. Not sure about current models but our 2006 A6 was bigger in the back than our 2012 e class. Neither were as big as a Superb.

[TooLateForAName]

I'll go look at the outback - not wildly keen on subaru (had an SVX that went through 2 gearboxes in my ownership).

Do the options get better if I look at crossover/midsized SUVs?

Really not wanting a truck (that commodore is a large truck )

[snotrag]

TooLateForAName said:

Do the options get better if I look at crossover/midsized SUVs?

No.

You need to be looking at a full fat Range Rover size car to get equivalent legroom to a Superb.

'Midsize SUV's have often similar or less legroom than the 'midsize' hatchbacks they are based on/have replaced.

[Bobupndown]

Hereward said:

I am not powerfully built but I am 6ft 1inch when fully erect.

[Scrump]

When I was shopping for a new estate car I found the Skoda Superb had the most rear legroom. I actually bought an E class estate which has only adequate legroom, but if rear legroom is high on your priority list then it has to be the Superb.

[M22s]

Our drivers at work have a V90 and E-Class and the Volvo is the better of the two. Sounds like the best excuse to spend a day looking at car to me

[LuS1fer]

The Insignia B has loads of rear legroom, too, albeit less overall load space.

[Truckosaurus]

The Vauxhall Signum was just the car for this. I suspect there are none left worth buying now, though.

[samoht]

LuS1fer said:

The Insignia B has loads of rear legroom, too, albeit less overall load space.

That reminds me, the Vauxhall Signum apparently has a tonne of rear legroom due to the extended wheelbase over the Vectra. Not sure if it has enough loadspace though.

[SturdyHSV]

Snow and Rocks said:

Is the commodore not very closely related to a Opel/Vauxhall Omega?

Sort of, but not in any useful way. Probably best described as having a common ancestor, but unable to breed

The Aus platform is wider for one thing which puts a stop to lots of conveneint part swapping. The door handles are the same though, except the Omega's are metal, the Holdens got GM's finest plastic Oh and the bonnet struts, whilst not physically identical, are interchangeable.

The tail lights of the two look very similar too, but haven't had cause to investigate that yet.