The $34,600 seven-passenger Ford Explorer Limited, for example, has 81 cubic feet of cargo room (both rows of seats removed), while the $33,455 Dodge Grand Caravan ES AWD has more than double that, 168 cubic feet of maximum cargo room (both rows of seats removed).
Even better, the overall maximum cargo space for hauling comes in at 67 cubic feet.
Heavy-duty pickups -- loosely defined as trucks with gross vehicle weight, or G.V.W., of more than 8,500 pounds, including the vehicle and the maximum cargo load -- account for about a third of the two million full-size pickups bought annually in the United States.
That beats the RX 300 for flexibility and cargo-carrying, even though the Lexus's second row can slide 4.7 inches toward the front or rear, allowing either maximum cargo space or maximum legroom.
It has a maximum cargo volume of about 90 cubic feet behind the front seats, compared with 81.5 for the MDX.
But most automakers set the maximum cargo figures very conservatively, he said.
The maximum cargo area of Chrysler's Town and Country minivan is 143.8 cubic feet.
Maximum cargo space is now 81.7 cubic feet with the second and third rows out of the way.
Competition between European seaports focuses mainly upon their capacities to attract maximum cargo volumes [19].
RoPax ferries are designed for maximum efficiency, enabling smooth loading and unloading of cars, cargo and passengers.
