WillKIVIK 3-seat sofa, Tibbleby beige/greyfit in aVolvo XC40 2023?

The XC40 boot is an upright, square space rather than a long one. Seats up, you get 91 cm of floor behind an opening 106 cm wide and 73 cm tall, so wide boxes slide in but long ones stall. Its best trait is the fold: drop the rear bench and the floor stretches to 168 cm, a gain of 77 cm. The floor narrows to 101 cm at its narrowest, so tall flat boxes suit it better than very wide loads. The sill sits at 75 cm with no drop to the floor, so you push loads straight in at sill height instead of lifting over a lip.

The largest KIVIK box is 184 by 90 by 50 cm, with the full sofa across 3 packages weighing 75.9 kg. The 50 cm depth is the trouble, you cannot stand the boxes flat against the boot floor in most cars. A large SUV with seats folded or a small van suits this load; a normal hatchback or estate often runs out of cargo height. Load the largest box first, on its long edge if your boot allows it. Two people lift the heavy frames, the cushions ride on top last.