The Boot Volume Controversy
Persistent disagreement existed over the actual luggage capacity of the Peugeot 604, with figures ranging from 356 litres to 462 litres. Peugeot´s official claim was that boot capacity was 498 litres. In between these measures, the following figures were also quoted in period reviews: 385 litres, 402 litres and 413 litres. In their 1976 test Motor described the boot as "only average", their testers having been able to fit 356 litres of "Revelation" luggage. However, in 1975 Autocar described the boot as "really capacious," accommodating 699 litres. This figure was "just a little more than the luggage area of the current 504 Family Estate". Autocar´s 1977 long-term test of the SL model commented that as well as the cabin being able to accommodate "up to five people, the boot was "one of the largest could remember, even with the big spare wheel strapped upright on the right hand side. The beauty of the boot is its depth...it has always seemed to me that a really deep boot stood a much better chance of swallowing awkward loads, and the 604 amply proved the point". Edward Eves conducted a long term test of the turbodiesel version for Autocar in 1981. He described the boot as "huge, with four feet of useable width and 33 inches of fore and aft room. As it is, there is ample room for the effects of a family four on a touring holiday" In 1982 Autocar described the boot as "vast". Autocar went on to add that the boot was "not only long, fore and aft, but wide and deep so that full-size suitcases can be packed upright". During the course of the car´s road test career the matter was never definitively settled.
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