How much fits in the trunk of a Ford Mustang convertible?

When hiring a convertible, it's hard to tell whether you will have enough space for your luggage. Reading a specifications sheet only gets you so far and we were stumped before we travelled whether we'd be able to fit all our luggage in the boot (aka "trunk") of the Ford Mustang convertible we'd rented.

In case you're also wondering, we took a video of our stuff to show how much you can fit in.

And yes, that is the most awesome shirt I could find to wear during the filming of this video. Thank you for noticing how awesome it is. I'm putting this video in the category of "how to and style" since it's "how to" put luggage in the trunk whilst dressed in "style". :)

For reference, the black suitcase is 47cm wide x 27cm deep x 65cm long. I'm not sure where you live, so those dimensions in inches are 18.5" x 10.75" x 25.5".

The red suitcase is 43cm wide x 29cm deep x 64cm long. Again, in inches: 16.75" x 11.5" x 25".

The shoe boxes at the end are very large - they contain men's MBT shoes to fit my big feet. I've thrown out the boxes so can't measure them, but they're much larger than, say, the shoebox for a size 6 woman's shoe.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• trunk space
• luggage space
• ford mustang
• mustang convertible
• boot space

[BenvindaPR]

Thanks for this vid! I was concerned about renting it as told the boot was very small but based on your vid I think it will be fine and well worth it to drive around in the convertible mustang. Now my problem is finding a company that will guarantee the mustang, at the moment most companys state or similar so will just be pot luck when we turn up. Where did you rent yours from? Thanks!

[travislms]

@BenvindaPR We were in the same predicament - really wanting a Mustang and not wanting to receive a substitute such as the Chrysler Sebring. All companies (that I know of) only guarantee "or similar". However, we did find a website at the time which was a discount site, not a direct company. They had a search tool allowing us to state where we were, and we worked out from a process of elimination that Alamo Four Corners Sheraton Towers only had Mustangs, not Sebrings.

[travislms]

@travislms Oops! Sheraton Four POINTS, not Four CORNERS. Sorry about that. Obviously still not a guarantee but a better chance than a site which offered both.

I'd post a link to the site but YouTube blocks links in comments so you'll find that specific branch office through a web search. Note that it was March 2010 when my findings applied. Things may have changed since then. I can't recall the discounter site right now but if I trawl old emails and figure it out, I'll post here.

[travislms]

@travislms Found the old emails - we used RhinoCarHire as the discounter. It worked out to be 30% cheaper than booking directly through Alamo too, so it not only found the exact car we wanted, it also found it cheaper. Always a good outcome! :-)

[Beefeh]

Probably the first time I've ever commented on a YouTube video. Just to say thanks for posting this, very informative. And thanks for following up on people's questions, very helpful!

[travislms]

@Beefeh ... and thank YOU for the feedback.  I appreciate knowing you thought it was useful enough to put online.

[BenvindaPR]

@travislms Thanks so much for all the info and looking through your old emails, very much appreciated!!

[justineandtim]

Awesome, thanks for posting this, we are heading to Florida next weekend and were worried about the boot space, you have put my fears to rest :)

[oddballsok]

Thanx a lot for this vid. this (and trunk vids of other "limited trunk space"rental cars ) is what I was searching for !

Very clever of you to do and upload this!

[travislms]

@777petal I must admit we only got in the back seat briefly to check it out, and didn't try putting bags in there with us but I think it would rather tight. It would probably work if (1) people in the front seat didn't have the seat all the way back, and (2) it was only a short trip. I would certainly not want to travel any long distances nursing their luggage but from the airport to hotel would be an acceptable trade-off for the awesomeness of having a convertible for the rest of the trip.