Comparison: Boot space Ford Kuga vs. competitors 2025

So, how has the boot space in this metallic marsupial shifted through the sands of time? The first generation Kuga (2008-2012) swung open its hatch to reveal a 410-litre boot - a rather respectable cavern for carting about your worldly possessions. Generation two (2013-2019) then swooped in, inflating this to an even bulkier 481 litres, before the design team apparently had a slight change of heart, trimming it back to 456 litres following a facelift. Our current trekker in this lineage, the Kuga III (2019-now), presents a mixed bag with a 435-litre space, slightly retracting yet again in the name of progress (or perhaps, regress?), with its facelift in 2024 playing it safe at 412 litres. What we're witnessing is a boot space ballet, a dance of dimensions where more isn't always the mantra.

Amidst the familial feuding within the Ford fold, where does our dear Kuga slot in? If boot space were the sole currency, it finds itself lurking in the middle ground, surpassing the urban-friendly EchoSport and Fiesta yet bowing down to the cavernous realms of the Galaxy and the rather roomy Focus clan. It's a bit like being the middle child; you're neither flaunting the expansive estate of the eldest (Galaxy) nor confined to the compact quarters of the youngest (Fiesta). The Kuga, thus, occupies a sweet spot - spacious enough to haul a family's worth of holiday gear, yet nimble enough not to require its own postal code.

When parked beside the motley crew of its segment rivals, the Kuga plays a game of inches (and litres) with a mixed bag of outcomes. The VW Phaeton seems like it's brought a gun to a knife fight, sporting a mighty 500-litre boot, yet that's akin to comparing apples with slightly smaller apples given the Phaeton's limousine-like proportions. Over at the Renault Latitude's garage, we find a near doppelganger in boot volume, standing at 477 litres, suggesting a tête-à-tête on the cargo front. Meanwhile, the somewhat sleeker Lotus Europa S and the Alfa Romeo GTV, trailing at 154 and 155 litres, respectively, remind us that in the quest for boot space supremacy, sleek lines often take the back seat - quite literally. The Kuga, with its varying boot capacitates over the years, sits comfortably within this spectrum, not quite leading the pack nor bringing up the rear, a Goldilocks of boot space one might say.