I'm going to do a lot of hauling with work tools and dog kennels. The rear seats will be folded down 99% of the time and looking for a mat of some kind, waterproof, that will cover the entire cargo area with the rear seats folded down.
I just brought home my 07 Vibe tonight!what i have in my xterra- cargo area is pond liner. I forget where i got it from, but I've seen it at homedepot. just cut it to size - like the carpet mod. it doesn't slide around, but, if you want to cover up the sides of the cargo area, some self-sticking velcro works to hold it up on the sides.it's waterproof / easy to clean, and can take some pretty tough dings. My 90lb golden retriever lives on the stuff & he's rarely clean. After 5 years, i finally managed to put a hole in it with a sharp piece of scrap metal.
That might work as well. Rear seats will be kept down, so this and additional mat to cover the rest of the cargo/rear seat area in combination could work.
Go to Home Depot, pickup this carpet that I got for my Trix when I made the custom hard cargo cover for myself. It's cheap by the foot, matches the interior coloring. You can cut it to shape, have a carpet guy put a seemed edge on it for real cheap as well and viola! Nice easy cheap carpeting for the whole back!If I'm not mistaken the SKU# was 664-??? and it was like $.69 cents a foot.