V8 Vantage - luggage capacity

[PurpleMoonlight]

I haven't seen a car in the flesh yet. Can you get a large suitcase on the shelf behind the seats please?

Many thanks.

[Bleen]

Yes, in fact you can fit at least 1 carry on bad for a plane behind the seats!

[steveatesh]

I occasionally put an iPad on it, which leaves room for the mrs handbag.

[BravoV8V]

PurpleMoonlight said:

I haven't seen a car in the flesh yet. Can you get a large suitcase on the shelf behind the seats please?

Many thanks.

A large suitcase? No. But there is room for two soft duffel bags.

The large suitcase could go in the boot. Along with a suit carrier and a couple of smaller bags.

At least in the coupe. The roadster is a different question.

[Laser Sag]

Just arrived in Italy with everything needed for a 2 week holiday in the Vantage including a lot of non essentials like snacks,kettle etc. car has died when it arrived but hey ho.
We had 2 rucksacks behind the seats for overnight stops but could have fitted a lot more if required, that is a coupe though roadster has a much smaller boot area.

[PurpleMoonlight]

Ahh, shame.

I thought it might be accessible with the boot open.

Do they take a roof rack?

[BravoV8V]

Ah, right. Gotcha.

Instead of a large suitcase or a roof rack, why not just tow a caravan?

[Laser Sag]

What are you looking to carry? I thought for the type of car it is the Vantage has plenty of luggage capacity.

[Neil1300r]

PurpleMoonlight said:

Ahh, shame.

I thought it might be accessible with the boot open.

Do they take a roof rack?

It is. But it's easier with big suitcase in the boot. Take the shelf out, fill up boot then put big suitcase on top / on the gearbox.

[PurpleMoonlight]

Two large suitcases.

Thought one would go in the boot, and the other behind the seats. I do this with the BMW 3 series convertible but have to put the roof down to get the suitcase in the rear.

[Neil1300r]

Depends on height / width of suitcases. We use lots of soft luggage

[Neil1300r]

This will help

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[IanV12VR]

Why does it need to be two large suitcases. We go touring in Europe for a couple of weeks and fit everything in the roadster which has lots less room than a coupe. As has been said use soft luggage and take a few bags. The compromise is worth it.

[PurpleMoonlight]

Very true, I could change to several smaller soft pieces of luggage.