Hey guys, and today we're going to see how much stuff can fit into the trunk of
the 2017 Fiat 500L.
Now before I get this review rolling, I'd like to thank Rick case Fiat, in Weston
Florida for allowing me to review this vehicle for you guys. If you are
interested in purchasing a brand new Fiat, and live in the South Florida area
don't hesitate to check them out. They will get you into the perfect Fiat in no
time. And remember that all of DriveAndBeDriven's reviews are 100% honest and 0%
biased. So, let's get started. Now I did conduct a complete in-depth review of
the 2017 Fiat 500L. So, if you are interested in knowing a little bit more
information about this vehicle don't hesitate to check out that complete
in-depth review, but today we are going to see exactly how much stuff you can
fit into the trunk of the 2017 Fiat 500L. Alright now there is a total of only one
way to unlock the trunk of the 2017 Fiat 500l as well as only one way to open up
the trunk of the 2017 Fiat 500l. So, to unlock the trunk of this vehicle all you
have to do is come to your key fob design right here and hold down on the
button all be done at the bottom of your key fob... And it will flash your hazards,
indicating that the tailgate has been unlocked. All you have to do is walk up
to the rear. Right Beneath your Fiat logo right... beneath your 500 L lettering... There is
going to be your license plate holder, and right above that license plate spot
there is going to be a rubber pad that you will press on and it will unlock
your tailgate and then you just push it one more time and it will open up your
tailgate all the way and you are going to notice that this tailgate is going to
be pretty heavy inside of the Fiat 500L. That's actually something that is a
little bit of a downside for me. Especially if you don't want to be
lifting a very heavy tailgate. If you have lots of things in your hands, that's
why I would definitely like to have seen Fiat add some type of "Foot Swiper"
underneath the rear bumper as well as maybe some type of powered trunk on
your key fob design, but overall the Fiat 500L is going to have a very large
opening here. So, that is going to be one upside to having this overall design.
Also, another thing I did want to show you is that you can stand
under the tailgate right here with no problem I have just about maybe four to
five inches of headroom above my head when I am standing under here so that is
going to be no problem if you are going to be 5' 11", 6' 0", 6' 1"... Maybe
even 6' 2" you will be able to fit underneath this tailgate with no
problem, but what you are going to be looking at right here with the rear
seats folded up is going to be 22.4 cubic feet of space and
in comparison to some of its competitors... Well the 500L doesn't have many direct
competitors, but you can compare this vehicle to vehicles such as the Nissan
Juke, the Mini Cooper Countryman, the Honda Fit, the Kia Soul and, the
Volkswagen Golf SportWagen... and this vehicle is actually going to rank
towards the tops of its class if you are comparing it to some of those vehicles.
So, the Nissan Juke is going to have just about 10.5 cubic feet of space, the Mini
Cooper countryman is going to have just about 15.89 cubic
feet of space, the Honda Fit will have just about 16.6 cubic feet
of space, the Kia Soul ranks in at just about 18.8 cubic feet of
space. This is when the Fiat 500L will come right in at 22.4
cubic feet of space, and then the Volkswagen Golf SportWagen will have
30.4 cubic feet of space, but looking inside of here... Fiat does
furnish inside of the overall cabin inside of this vehicle fairly well. You
are going to have sort of like this material at the bottom. Pretty
traditional to most vehicles, but one thing that is not going to be very
traditional to most vehicles is that it is going to have a two shelf storage
solution. So, you can grab right on this little handle right here, and pull out
the floor inside of the Fiat 500L and you are going to have your fix-a-flat
kit right here. As well as, your amplifier right there. You're also going to have a
Beats logo right here. So, that is definitely a pretty neat feature since
this vehicle does have a Beats premium audio system inside of it, but you can
put this floor right on that second tier and it is going to give you a higher
load floor right there as well as a second storage area right there. So, you
can put things underneath there as well as some more things on top of there
also looking inside of here they do give you two cubbies inside of the Fiat 500L's
cargo area. There is going to be a netted pocket, a hard pocket right there on the
other side you also have that same netted pocket and a hard pocket right
there and the Fiat 500l unfortunately only comes with one lighting feature in
the back right here that is going to be this incandescent bulb which is going to
be only on the left side you are not going to have one of those on the right
side. Now, the Fiat 500L, under the load floor, you do not get a spare compact tire on
I'm not sure if on other trim levels you can possibly get that but I would imagine
that it's probably going to be a dealer accessory or an aftermarket accessory if
you are looking for that, but you can fold down the rear seats inside of the
2017 Fiat 500l and one special thing that this vehicle has is going to be
called their "Tumble seating". So, you can just pull this right here and it is
going to fold down the seats and tumble them forward which is a definitely a
neat feature I believe that's pretty much a class exclusive. I don't really
know many other vehicles that actually do this in this price range. So, there's
definitely something special that the Fiat 500L does offer to its class and
once you fold down those seats you are going to be looking at just about 68.0
cubic feet of space, and in comparison to some of its competitors that is going to
be blowing all those competitors out of the water. This vehicle is going to be
much much larger than all of those competitors the Nissan Juke is going to
only have 35.9 cubic feet of space, the Mini Cooper countryman
is going to come in at just about 49.09 cubic feet of space,
the Kia Soul at 49.5 cubic feet of space, the Honda Fit
52.7 cubic feet of space, the Volkswagen Golf SportWagen at
66.5 cubic feet of space and then the Fiat 500L topping all those
vehicles with 68.0 cubic feet of space... and when you think about it this is actually
practically compact utility vehicle territory. This vehicle is right up there
with its competitors from Ford. For example the Ford Escape. The Toyota Rav4
and even the Honda CRV are going to have very close to the cargo numbers that
this Fiat 500L has. Which is definitely something very very neat that the Fiat
500L offers, but we can fold down these seats flat. So, if you want to have these
seats folded flat you can also do that inside of the Fiat 500L. So, let me show
you that really quick here. So, you can this down and you can have it laying
flat. If you don't want that tumble feature So, if you do come back here with
that tumble feature not engaged. You will see that you are going to have a flat
transition from your cargo load floor to the backs of your seats. Now the backs of
your seats are not going to have any plastic lining I would have definitely like to have
seen some plastic lining on there but overall this is going to be a very very
neat feature and actually there are a total of seven customizations that you
can do with these rear seats. So, I am going to show you them right now!
Alright! So, now let's see how a pool noodle with a 5.3 foot long length fits
widthwise inside of the trunk of the 2017 Fiat 500L. So, let's put in this pool
noodle right there and you are going to see that this pool model is going to
curve up quite a bit here so it is not going to fit completely. So, I am going to
deduct a few points for that,but let's see how this pool noodle fits with this
rear seat folded down. Alright, now I did just fold down this seat off camera
really quick so let's see how this pool noodle fits behind the driver's seat and
that driver seat is going to be justed to my comfort at 5' 11". The same as I do
with all the other vehicles that I test and I did push it all the way to the
back of there... And the pool noodle is going to fit inside the trunk of the
2017 Fiat 500L lengthwise so that's definitely something good you're
actually going to see that you have a little bit of extra space right there to
put whatever you may need in there. So, if you are trying to haul wood that is 5.3
feet long or something like furniture that is 5.3 feet long.
Rest assured that you will most likely be able to fit it lengthwise inside of
the trunk of the 2017 Fiat 500L. Alright! So, now let's see how a 22 inch suitcase
fits height-wise inside of the trunk and we are going to put that in push all the
way against the wall all the way back and you are going to see that it is not
going to protrude out of the cargo area at all. So, this should be able to close
here with no problem.
And that tailgate is going to close there with the 22-inch suitcase lifted
up. Alright! So, now let's see how this is going to fit if we do fold down the
suitcase right here in this suitcase is going to be laying down right here and
you are going to see that it is not going to be protruding out of the cargo
area at all right there that is definitely another good thing, but one
thing that Fiat adds just in case if you are hauling around a larger suitcase is
that you can move up that seat right there a total of four-inches so that is
going to maximize the overall length that you can get inside of the Fiat 500L.
So, if you do just come right under here and pull on this lever... It's easiest if
you are sitting inside of the seat if you pull it up it is going to decrease
legroom quite a bit, but it will expand your cargo area drastically. By actually
up to four-inches. So, right here you are going to see that you do have so much
more room inside of here so you can push this on forward and you will have just
about an additional four inches of length right there, as well. So, that is
definitely a neat feature inside of the 2017 Fiat 500l. Alright, so now let's
see how many laundry baskets with an 11- inch height and a 17-inch diameter fit
inside of the trunk of the Fiat 500l with the rear seats folded up. Now, to
give the Fiat 500l as much of an advantage as possible I did move this
seat as well as this seat four inches forward as much as it can go forward
since the vehicle does offer it and I am going to take advantage of that so let's
put in our first laundry basket here... One Two Three
Four Five
...and it looks like we can fit a sixth one right inside of here. Six, and Seven so I
did just pack a total of seven of laundry baskets inside of here. So, let's
see if this does close up and the trunk is going to close so the Fiat 500L can
surprisingly fit a total of seven the laundry baskets with those rear seats
folded up... I mean that is quite impressive! I don't think many other
vehicles can even do that unless you're looking at some other vehicles that I
reviewed which are ranked a lot larger. So, for a compact rated vehicle that is
incredible. Alright, so now let's see how many of those laundry baskets can
fit inside of the trunk of this vehicle with the rear seats fold it down. So,
let's first put in our first one here. We have one, we have two,
Three
Four, Five
Six
Seven, Eight, and it looks like we can fit a ninth one right here. So, we can fit a total of
nine laundry baskets with the rear seats folded down inside of the 2017
Fiat 500l. And that is definitely very very impressive especially for a compact
rated vehicle. So, let's close this up. Another thing I did want to point out is
that Fiat is going to give you this very helpful helper handle right here and
it's going to be a very durable handle. You just grab right onto it, and pull it
right on down and that is definitely going to be needed since this tailgate
is pretty heavy on the 2017 Fiat 500L.
And one feature that is going to allow the Fiat 500L to grasp a few more points
in my how much stuff can you fit in that trunk test is going to be the overall
rear seat functionality that the Fiat 500L does offer so you can move up this
view see by about four-inches maximizing the cargo area back there by a total of
four inches in length and you can also square off this rear seat. So, we are
going to have it in its furthest reclined position right now, but you can
also move this up and put it in this more squared and more of a 90 degree
angle. Squaring off the cargo area back there increasing the cargo area with the
rear seats fold it up even more. Well... That's it for this cargo review comment
and tell me what you would like to see in future videos. Don't forget to Like,
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