Corolla GR Sport was the final decision, and it's pretty awesome, but boy did I sacrifice boot for getting a decent spec car 
Golfer's Car?
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Teebs
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Corolla GR Sport was the final decision, and it's pretty awesome, but boy did I sacrifice boot for getting a decent spec car
We've got one of those. The boot is almost non existent. The car on the other hand is utterly brilliant. We've had ours 2.5 years and will probably keep until it's 10 years old and out of Toyota warranty..
abjectplop
Hacker
Has anyone got a Corolla Hatchback (around 20/21 plate) and can advise on boot space for golf clubs?!
Mandofred
Well-known member
Downsized to a little Suzuki Ignis.....I need to take the driver out, but the bag and trolley fit just fine in the boot.
Shooter McPowick
Head Pro
Value for money - VW / Skoda
Luxury - Mercedes
Driver focussed - BMW
Tech - Audi
I have a c class saloon and a F80 M3, saloon boots are huge. I can easily fit a trolley and 2 sets of clubs in either .
Luxury - Mercedes
Driver focussed - BMW
Tech - Audi
I have a c class saloon and a F80 M3, saloon boots are huge. I can easily fit a trolley and 2 sets of clubs in either .
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
13 plate VW Polo 1.2. Clubs on back seat and trolley in boot. Nothing bigger or more powerful needed.
Bunkermagnet
Journeyman Pro
My Mazda 3 still takes SM cart bag and M7 trolley without having to take anything out of the bag and have the parcel shelf flat and hiding everything, but thinking of changing to a Mazda CX5.
Petrol and auto of course.
Petrol and auto of course.
cliveb
Head Pro
Amen to that.
If you want to drop a set of clubs across the boot easily, you need bodywork behind the back wheels.
The current fashion for SUVs does golfers no favours - big cars with inconvenient boot space.
They may have lots of luggage space in terms of litres, but the shape just isn't right.
Shooter McPowick
Head Pro
Indeed, I’ve just swapped the company car and I was toying with a GLC…. Ended up with a C estate as the GLC boot was useless! Driver out if you wanted more than 1 bag in the back. Estate will fit 2 carry bags without having to remove the drivers and there’s space for a couple of trolleys if necessary.
Canary_Yellow
Journeyman Pro
Not all SUVs, proper ones like mine can take a bag of clubs long ways. Don’t need to put them across.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
SUVs are a bleeding’ nuisance in the limited space of our car park - often sticking out all over the place making maneuvering for others difficult. You want to drive a tractor then go park at the side of the field that is our driving range 
cliveb
Head Pro
By "proper" SUVs I presume you mean huge ones? (Which one do you have?)
I don't want a big car, but I do want to get my clubs in the boot without having to remove the driver.
Small SUVs just don't work for that.
Alan Clifford
Well-known member
Not much "sports' utility" then.
Canary_Yellow
Journeyman Pro
XC90 - I have three kids so it was something like this or an MPV….surprising how few cars can actually fit three car seats across the rear bench.
I wouldn’t have an SUV style car if I didn’t need the size, I’d have an estate or saloon. Prefer the saloon shape, but with 2 kids I still couldn’t get everything in a 3 series saloon when going on holiday!
I could get my golf clubs in without taking the driver out, but my bag was small. The 3 series had a wider bit to the rear of the back wheels. Lots of other models seem to fill that in, annoyingly.
Bunkermagnet
Journeyman Pro
As always it's not the tool, but the tool holding it.SUVs are a bleeding’ nuisance in the limited space of our car park - often sticking out all over the place making maneuvering for others difficult. You want to drive a tractor then go park at the side of the field that is our driving range
I can park my VW Transporter van better than most who even drive Polo's, of any generation.
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Deleted member 29109
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It’s funny the hate SUVs get yet estates don’t. My 5 series or a Skoda Supurb is as near as makes no difference the same footprint as an XC90 and some Range Rovers, but they don’t get the same hate. Well the Skodas don’t anyway.
Maybe there are other reasons than size?
Maybe there are other reasons than size?
Bunkermagnet
Journeyman Pro
I think it's more that so many who drive them have no idea of where they are on the road and how much room they actually have.
Mandofred
Well-known member
Just sold our 2019 Suzuki Vitara since we didn't need 2 cars. A cheap smallish SUV. One of the main reasons I bought it was that I could get my golf bag in the boot sideways with everything in it.
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Deleted member 29109
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You could say that about the drivers of every type of vehicle.
There is definitely a misconception that they have a bigger footprint. I had one of the early Skoda Yeti's and people were asking me how I would cope parking it. When I pointed out it was basically the footprint of a Golf they couldn't get their head around it. It was higher, that's all.
Where the defence is more shaky, that style of car, particularly the bigger ones, are extremely poor in pedestrian collisions, particularly with children. Pedestrians rarely come out well in a collision with a car anyway but the taller height and slab like front means the impact area hits people at a more dangerous height.
