A cited, owner-first guide to front-trunk space across Porsche, Corvette C8, Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren, Audi R8, Tesla, classics, and modern EV benchmarks — with a full downloadable data sheet for the nerds who want every row.
Some cars make the front trunk feel like a secret compartment. Others make it part of the ritual. The real owner question is not only “how many liters does the spec sheet claim?” It is: what can you actually put up front before a weekend drive, cars and coffee, a track day, or a garage-day escape?
This guide keeps the numbers honest. When a manufacturer publishes a frunk-only figure, we use it. When a source gives total cargo, rear cargo, or a classic-car luggage compartment without modern volume standards, we say so instead of pretending every number is equivalent.
Quick answer: useful frunk tiers
Start with the sports-car lineage, then use the EV giants as benchmarks. Porsche’s 356, 930, 993, 996, modern 911, 718, and Taycan rows show why front luggage space became part of the owner ritual long before “frunk” became EV marketing shorthand. In practical terms, modern 911 front trunks are usually compact-weekender territory, 718 front compartments are a little more generous, many mid-engine exotics reward soft luggage over hard cases, and the Corvette C8 needs special handling because Chevrolet’s headline cargo figure combines front and rear storage. The enormous F-150 Lightning, Rivian, Lucid, and other EV frunks are useful comparison points — just not the lead story for a Frunk Club owner’s guide.
How to read the chart
Front frunk means front luggage compartment/front trunk only. Rear/other cargo stays separate. Total cargo is only used when the source clearly labels it as total. Classic rows may be included without a numeric capacity when the responsible claim is “front luggage compartment exists, but standardized capacity was not found.”
Sample frunk-size table
The table below is the article-friendly version: enough data to make the guide useful on-page, without turning the blog into a spreadsheet wall. The full downloadable data sheet includes all 39 rows, source URLs, confidence flags, rear/other cargo notes, and caveats.
| Make | Model | Years/Generation | Public Liters | Public Cu Ft | What Actually Fits | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porsche | 356 Coupe | 1948-1965 | No verified volume | No verified volume | Classic front luggage compartment; include as heritage/frunk-lineage context without invented standardized capacity. | High for model context / no standardized capacity claim |
| Porsche | 930 / 911 Turbo | 1975-1989 | No verified volume | No verified volume | Classic 911 front-luggage lineage and priority Frunk Club product/heritage row. | High for model context / no standardized capacity claim |
| Porsche | 911 Carrera / Carrera S | 992 / 2020-current | 132 | 4.7 | Small roller/cabin bag or soft weekend bags; best with soft luggage | High |
| Porsche | 718 Cayman | 982 / 2017-current | 150 | 5.3 | Front: cabin roller/soft bag. Rear: duffels/grocery/soft luggage. | High |
| Porsche | 718 Boxster | 982 / 2017-current | 150 | 5.3 | Front: cabin roller/soft bag. Rear: soft duffels or small bags. | High |
| Porsche | Taycan sedan | 2020-current | 84 | 3.0 | Charging cables or compact soft bag | High |
| Chevrolet | Corvette Stingray C8 | 2020-current | 113 | 4.0 | Front: airline-style carry-on/laptop bag. Rear: golf bags/roof panel. | High for total / Medium-high for split |
| Ferrari | 488 GTB / Spider | 2015-2019 | 230 | 8.1 | Multiple soft weekend bags | High |
| Ferrari | 296 GTB / GTS | 2022-present | 201 | 7.1 | Soft weekend bags or small carry-ons | High |
| Lamborghini | Huracan EVO / Tecnica / Sterrato family | 2014-2024 | 100 | 3.5 | One small carry-on or soft duffel | High |
| McLaren | Artura | 2022-present | 160 | 5.7 | Two soft bags or small carry-ons | High |
| Audi | R8 Coupe / Spyder | 2007-2023 | 112 | 4.0 | One small carry-on or soft bag | Medium-high |
| Tesla | Model Y | 2020-present | 117 | 4.1 | Small luggage/grocery bags/charging gear | Medium-high |
| Tesla | Cybertruck | 2024-present | 201 | 7.1 | Two carry-on bags / lockable front storage | High |
| Ford | F-150 Lightning | 2022-present | 400 | 14.1 | Two sets of golf clubs/luggage; 400-lb payload; drainable Mega Power Frunk | High |
This is the short version. If you are comparing a specific model, checking source notes, or want the rows that did not make the on-page sample, use the downloadable sheet below — it carries the full 39-row matrix with source URLs and caveats.
Porsche first: because the ritual matters
Porsche is where this guide should start. The 356 and 930 are part of the front-luggage-compartment lineage even where classic sources do not give modern liters. The 993 and 996 also belong explicitly in the lineage: true front luggage compartments, useful owner context, but no invented ranking number unless a year-specific manual or brochure gives a clean capacity.
For modern, source-backed examples, the 992 Carrera is the compact road-trip case, the 718 Cayman/Boxster offer useful front storage plus rear cargo, and the Taycan shows how EV packaging can make the front compartment more cable-cubby than weekend-bag hero.
Corvette C8: dual trunks, not one magic number
The C8 is exactly why this guide exists. Chevrolet describes dual trunks totaling 12.6 cu ft in the 2024 Stingray brochure. That is useful, but it is not a frunk-only number. The chart presents the C8 as a dual-compartment story: front luggage up front, roof-panel/golf-bag/larger cargo story in the rear, total cargo only when clearly labeled.
Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren, and Audi R8
Mid-engine supercar frunks are rarely enormous, but they are emotionally important. Ferrari’s front luggage compartments are genuinely useful in models like the 488, F8, and 296, while the SF90 is a packaging lesson in how hybrid hardware changes front storage. Lamborghini, McLaren, and Audi R8 rows stay shape-sensitive: soft bags beat hard luggage, and rear cargo never gets merged into a fake frunk number.
Tesla gets its own lane
Tesla helped make “frunk” mainstream, but the model-by-model numbers are not interchangeable. Model 3, Model Y, Model S, Model X, and Cybertruck each get their own rows in the full data sheet rather than being collapsed into one generic Tesla claim.
Other EVs go last: benchmark, not brand lead
Large EV frunks are useful comparison points, but they should not lead The Frunk Club story. F-150 Lightning, Rivian R1T/R1S, Mustang Mach-E, and Lucid Air are benchmark rows: they show how big modern EV frunks can get, after the Porsche/product-community lanes have established the editorial frame.
Download the full Frunk Size Cheat Sheet
Want the complete chart? The full Frunk Club Frunk Size Cheat Sheet includes all 39 rows, liters and cubic feet, fits-what notes, source URLs, confidence flags, rear/other cargo separation, and the caveats that keep the data honest.
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Sources and disclosure
The full downloadable data sheet contains the source URL and confidence/caveat column for each row. Public article citations should point to the same source matrix so readers can distinguish frunk-only, rear cargo, total cargo, and No verified volume classic rows.