The wheelbase is the distance between the centres of the front and rear wheels It is the value that most determines the comfort of the front and rear seat occupants.SUVs like the Ford Kuga 1.5 EcoBoost may have a longer wheelbase to improve stability and support their larger size and weight. However, a longer wheelbase can also make these vehicles more challenging to maneuver in tight spaces.With it’s
length of 4604 mm and
bootspace of 412 l,
the Ford Kuga has a wheelbase of 2711 mm. The longest wheelbase you can find amongst similar vehicles has Volvo XC90 2.5T (C ), which is 146mm more than the Kuga 1.5 EcoBoost -
2857 mm.For illustration, the difference in length between the Ford and the Volvo is 194mm. On the other hand, the shortest wheelbase in the "medium SUV" category belongs to VW Taigo 1.0 TSI OPF , which is 2554 mm - that makes it 157mm shorter than the Ford in question.
The difference in wheelbase between first generation (I) from 2008 and last generation (Kuga III (1. Facelift)) from 2024 is 2.1cm mm.