The Garage Test: What Fits in Our Long-Term Chevy Impala's Trunk?

The Cars.com long-term Chevrolet Impala has excelled at providing comfortable transportation for both workday commutes and road trips, but its full-size dimensions have another advantage: carrying bulky cargo.

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With a large 18.8-cubic-foot trunk and a standard 60/40-split folding backseat, the Impala offers quite a bit of cargo utility and was able to hold all but one of the test items from my garage.

The Impala is a large sedan with a big trunk, but its split-folding backseat increases the car’s cargo versatility considerably. Besides the things I put in the Impala, Road Test Editor Joe Bruzek was able to fit two 10-foot-by-10-foot popup tents with the larger part of the folding backseat down — things he thought would require an SUV.

For the bulkiest cargo, a minivan, pickup truck or SUV is still the way to go, but for many other things the Impala should have the cargo versatility you need.

Cars.com photos by Mike Hanley and Joe Bruzek