Mirage: Total Storage (Seats Down)

As I am in the process of buying a new car, I have been comparing different aspects to various car models. The following comparative figures might or might not surprise some of the Mirage owners. They certainly surprised me: in terms of practicality, the Mirage beats bigger cars such as the Mazda 2, Yaris, and Juke.

Honda Jazz: 1,492 liters
Nissan Juke: 1,189 litres
Nissan Note: 1,495 litres
Skoda Yeti: 1,760 litres
Toyota Yaris: 768 litres
Mazda 2 : 950 litres
Kia Soul : 1,367 litres
Mitsubishi Mirage : 1,330 litres
KIA Picanto : 870 litres

These figures can´t be correct. The total storage is much smaller in the mirage, its 235-912 liters only. That´s comparable to my much smaller Daihatsu Cuore (19 cm narrower and 30 centimeters shorter) which has 157-930 liters. The height of the loading sill of the Space Star is 13 centimeters higher than that of my Daihatsu Cuore (72 centimeters vs. 59 centimeters) and the opening of the tailgate is much smaller.

Some Minicars like the Toyota Aygo or VW up! (and the badge-engineering models) might have even higher loading sills and smaller tailgates, but are also comparable concerning maximum storage (VW up! 951 liters, Hyundai i10 1046 liters). But the Space Star has slightly more room for the rear passenger legs.

Loading big boxes in the Space Star is no fun and I really didn´t buy the car because of its practicality which is much worse than that of my Daihatsu. Concerning practicality no car can compete with the Honda Jazz with magical seats in this class.

Just have a look at the picture:
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my sources on Mirage are:

"Fold the rear seats down and the Micra provides 820 litres of cargo space – compared to the Spark’s 883L, the Yaris’s 768 litres or the positively voluminous 1330 litres within the Mirage."

http://driving.ca/nissan/micra/revie...nissan-micra-s

and

http://www.pressreader.com/canada/ed...38834/TextView

Illustration video:

http://youtu.be/rGo00hW7o68

I think you cannot trust the mfg published data since they're using different way of measuring.

In US cycle (measures all the space up to the sealing)
Prius C/Honda Fit/Spark/Mirage are rated:
Cargo capacity, all seats in place
17.1 cu.ft.
16.6 cu.ft.
11.4 cu.ft.
17.2 cu.ft.

Maximum cargo capacity (2nd row down):
N/A
52.7 cu.ft.
31.2 cu.ft.
47.0 cu.ft.

No doubt Mirage has tons of space for the car this small.

I so far havent found anything i couldnt take home in my mirage.. loads of firewood... turbo 350 tranny.... 350 shortblock with rotating assy...

The engine was the most fun. She handled very weird for that short (10km) trip thats for sure!!

If people could be bothered: I would appreciate illustrations of the practicality offered by Mirage.