Turning circlem
Turning circle is the space the car needs to make a full U-turn. It matters only when it survives real use: people inside, bags in the boot, cables stored somewhere, doors opening wide enough and the loaded car staying within legal weight.
How to compare it
Smaller numbers make daily life easier in tight streets, multi-storey car parks and charging stations with awkward bay angles.
- Check the number against your garage, child seats, luggage and parking.
- Look for shape and access, not just litres or millimetres.
- Payload can be more important than volume.
What changes it
Practicality changes when the same number meets real objects: child seats, boxes, roof racks, kerbs, charging cables, passengers and payload limits.
- Shape and access can beat a larger raw volume number.
- Payload includes people, luggage and accessories.
- Exterior size affects parking even when cabin space is good.
Common trap
All-wheel drive and large wheels can increase turning circle because the front suspension has less steering angle to work with.
- A bigger number can still be awkward if the shape is poor.
- Accessories and passengers count against payload.
Turning circle: the packaging view
Dimensions become useful only when you connect them to doors, boot shape, payload and your parking reality.
Turning circle across EVRadar
Based on 578 published cars
Lowest
6.8 m
Typical
11.2 m
Highest
16.2 m