WillVIMLE 3-seat sofa, with chaise longue/Gunnared beigefit in aPeugeot 308 2022?

The Peugeot 308 gives you a hatchback boot that is short but usefully deep. The opening is 96 cm wide by 74 cm tall, and the floor runs 78 cm with the seats up, stretching to 148 cm once you fold the rear bench, a gain of 70 cm. The narrow point of the floor is 82 cm across, so wide flat loads sit fine, but anything past 78 cm long needs the seats down. The load lip sits 70 cm off the ground with a 17 cm drop, so heavy boxes lift in then settle low. It takes suitcases and boxed furniture well, long flat-pack less so. Fold the seats before you load, not halfway through.

The largest VIMLE box runs 145 by 78 by 47 cm and the set arrives in 6 separate packages, with the whole load weighing close to 100 kg. The 47 cm depth is the awkward part, you cannot stand most of the boxes upright. A large estate or an SUV with seats folded handles the volume; a hatchback rarely fits all 6 in one go. Load the longest box first along the boot floor, then stack the smaller cartons. Two people lift the heavy ones, the corners damage easily.