Flat cargo area with seats folded down or no?

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LindsayNB

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At 4:12 in this video they show the cargo area with the seats folded down, and it doesn't look they fold down flat/fully horizontal, is that the case?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUPQcn4Kohg
 
The seats don't go down to totally flat, but that doesn't seem to prevent this little car from carrying a lot. I recently bought myself a fairly large rain barrel to make a water reclamation system. As I walked to my car, my first thought was, "Oops, I should have brought the truck." I figured I'd have to have the store hold the barrel for me as I went back and switched vehicles. But no, folded down the seats and in went the barrel.

Also, I don't have to pull the front seats forward or remove the back seat headrests to put the back seats down. Very quick and easy.
 
In the gas Spark the seat bottom folds forward so the seat backs can fold flat. In the Spark EV the seat bottom is permanently fixed due to the battery pack underneath. That keeps the seat backs from folding flat. I'd guess they lay at about 15-20 degrees.

Chevy claims about 23.4 cu ft of space, down almost 8 cu ft from the gas. Big time hauler? No, but she still holds a lot.
 
jsca72 said:
The seats don't go down to totally flat, but that doesn't seem to prevent this little car from carrying a lot. I recently bought myself a fairly large rain barrel to make a water reclamation system. As I walked to my car, my first thought was, "Oops, I should have brought the truck." I figured I'd have to have the store hold the barrel for me as I went back and switched vehicles. But no, folded down the seats and in went the barrel.

Also, I don't have to pull the front seats forward or remove the back seat headrests to put the back seats down. Very quick and easy.

I second that,

decided to buy all bunch of stuff from Home Depot, forgetting I had the smallest car from the "fleet".
Surprised myself and the guy from the store, as how much space was still available after the loading.
 
Back in 1980's I had a Ford Escort. Hauled a full size Waterbed.

I will never be amazed at how much you can cram into a little car again ;)
 
tigger19687 said:
Back in 1980's I had a Ford Escort. Hauled a full size Waterbed.

I will never be amazed at how much you can cram into a little car again ;)
You mean somebody else is as crazy as me? :eek: I did that in a Renault LeCar (but parts were sticking out thru the sunroof).

Hatchbacks Rule!
 
LindsayNB said:
At 4:12 in this video they show the cargo area with the seats folded down, and it doesn't look they fold down flat/fully horizontal, is that the case?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUPQcn4Kohg

With the headrests removed or raised, the seats fold flat. Since that reviewer left the head rests on, they get in the way of a completely flat back.

Here's a thread from last year about it: http://www.mychevysparkev.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=3419
 
Here, two pictures:

Spark EV with rear seatbacks folded down. I removed the headrests, but it isn't mandatory - they can be raised all the way once the seatback is down. The front-most part of the seat back is about as high as the lip of the rear hatch opening, so it slants up about 1" per foot.
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Looking in through the rear hatch of the Spark EV, with the back seats folded down.
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Thanks for the replies! I think the dogs will be more comfortable with the relatively flat surface shown in the picture versus the angle shown in the video!
 
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