Above right shows how much space is left when both sides of the 60/40 split are slid all the way forward. However, sliding those seats does indeed increase space.Ībove left you can see the difference between all the way back and all the way forward. Even when I slid the seats fully forward, that Coleman cooler was not going to fit. When you remove their cargo covers, the CR-V and RAV4 can hold this much. Here is what the CR-V and RAV4 look like with the same number of bags AND with their cargo covers still in place. However, as you can see, the fancy bag barely fits and is blocking rearward visibility. I also include my wife's fancy overnight bag just to spruce things up a bit (21L x 12W x 12D).Īll the bags fit with the seats all the way back and reclined to a typical, comfortable angle. As I was only measuring the space behind the back seat, I left the floor in its lowest position for all tests going forward.Īs in every luggage test I do, I use two midsize roller suitcases that would need to be checked in at the airport (26 inches long, 16 wide, 11 deep), two roll-aboard suitcases that just barely fit in the overhead (24L x 15W x 10D), and one smaller roll-aboard that fits easily (23L x 15W x 10D). Why bother, then? Because the higher floor aligns with the folded seat backs to create a near-flat cargo floor. The difference is maybe 2 inches (see below). That's because the Escape has two cargo floor heights. See that little nub? It's not there in the left picture. The two above images may look identical apart for lighting, but look closely in the right rear portion of the floor in the picture on the right. To see how much the Escape can fit inside versus those competitors, as well as the difference sliding the back seat makes, let's haul out the bags.Īctually, before we begin, there's another element. Sure, you lose rear passenger space in the process, but maybe you don't need that? Having the option certainly is nice. However, the Escape's cargo capacity is complicated since unlike the CR-V, RAV4 and old Escape, it has a sliding back seat that increases cargo capacity. Judging by my experience with them all, that 33.5 figure seems perfectly accurate or at least comparable across most brands. That compares to the outgoing generation's 34 cubic-feet, as well as the Honda CR-V at 39.2 cubes and Toyota RAV4 at 37.5 cubes. I know, right? Totally exciting.įord says the new Escape has 33.5 cubic-feet of space behind the raised back seat. We've already taken a very deep dive into the 2020 Ford Escape interior, but there was one exception to that dive: cargo space.

Ford Escape Luggage Test | How much cargo space? The specs say it holds less than a Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4.

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