The interior is roomy and my large suitcase easily slid into the trunk with room to spare, though the car is actually over 3 inches shorter than the previous model.

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They have one seat, for instance, and about enough room in the trunk for two grocery bags.

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It has a 2-liter DOHC 16V Duratec engine and a 7.6kWh Advanced Lithium Ion battery (the regular C-MAX hybrid uses a 1.4kWh battery instead) that unfortunately takes up quite a bit of room in the trunk.

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The bigger problem with the hard case is that it takes up a huge amount of room, both at home and in the trunk of your rental car.

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Four doors, ample room for five and a good-sized trunk.

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Okay, you might argue that the rear seats flip forward in the BMW, so you can always make room as needed, but you can't add the two more inches of front-seat knee room the Infiniti offers, or make the trunk of the BMW larger.

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See, the Infiniti G35 has eight more cubic feet of interior room than the BMW and five more feet of trunk space.

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