Will It Fit In Your Car?

No. FitTheLoad gives a dimensional fit estimate, not a guarantee. Real car interiors are irregular shapes, trim and upholstery reduce usable space, and measurement error is always possible. Treat 'Likely to Fit' as a strong indication, not a certainty — always verify a tight fit before you travel.

A car can have a large total cargo volume but a narrow boot opening, a tight gap between the wheel arches, or a shallow depth with the seats up. Volume tells you how much air is inside the car — it says nothing about the shape of the opening your item has to pass through. FitTheLoad checks opening width/height and cargo width/height/depth separately, never volume alone.

Use 'Enter My Own Measurements' on Step 1. You (or anyone) can measure your boot opening and cargo space in a couple of minutes — see our measuring guide — and the calculator works exactly the same way as it does for a database vehicle.

See our full guide at /how-to-measure-your-car, with diagrams for boot opening width/height, cargo depth (seats up and folded), the narrowest width between the wheel arches, and maximum cargo height.

Sometimes — tilting a long item can let it pass through a space it wouldn't fit into square-on. FitTheLoad tests all six straight (orthogonal) orientations of your item precisely, and will flag 'diagonal fit may be possible' as a hint in some close-call cases, but it does not attempt to calculate arbitrary-angle geometry — that's a genuinely hard 3D problem. Measure the real opening and item before relying on a diagonal fit.

If you're transporting the item in its box, measure the box — it's usually noticeably bigger than the item itself. Toggle 'Are you transporting it in the box?' when entering dimensions.

When we have data for both configurations, FitTheLoad shows results for rear seats up and rear seats folded side by side, so you can see whether folding the seats is what makes the difference.

Yes, where that data is available. Many SUVs and hatchbacks have a cargo area that's wider overall than the usable width between the wheel arches — we use the narrower, wheel-arch-limited figure when we have it, since that's the real constraint for a rigid object.

Yes. Switch units instantly between millimetres, centimetres, metres, inches and feet anywhere you enter a measurement.

Every vehicle page lists its sources — manufacturer specification pages where available, or named, reputable secondary sources otherwise — along with the date they were last checked. We never invent a measurement; if we don't have a verified figure, we show it as not available rather than guessing.

Every vehicle page has a 'Found an Incorrect Measurement?' link, or you can use the Contact page. Corrections are reviewed before publishing — we don't auto-change vehicle specifications from a single report.