Does this happen to you?

[Yaris Hilton]

Originally Posted by xtremesniper

When I drop the back seats flat and flip up the panels that cover the gaping hole between the "trunk" and the seats, I suddenly have more storage room than most SUVs, and certainly all sedans. haha.

But you've lost your rear seats, and have an unsafe condition with heavy stuff right behind you where it'll kill you if you hit something. (As I also do if I fold down the seats for long stuff.) I've got more trunk capacity than the big old Volvo I traded for the Yaris, and can carry several LONG old infantry rifles and my big Tupperware container of range stuff along with 3 adult passengers. If I've got a guitar and amp or rifles on board, they're out of sight of prying eyes. Stuff left in a hatchback is tempting to thieves. That trunk will hold anything that can be put in or on a grocery cart, and mine often has.

I like the hatchbacks' looks a lot, and actually wanted one, but after comparing them side by side I went with the sedan and have never regretted it. They're both great cars.