Model Year | 2016 | 2017 | |
Model | Ford Transit Connect | Hyundai Elantra GT | |
Engine | turbocharged 1.6L I4 DOHC-4v 133 kW@5700 249 Nm@2500 |
2.0L I4 DOHC-4v 129 kW@6500 209 Nm@4700 |
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Transmission | 6-speed shiftable automatic | 6-speed shiftable automatic | |
Drivetrain | FWD | FWD | |
Body | 4dr Minivan | 4dr Hatch | |
Difference | |||
Wheelbase | 2,662 mm | 2,649 mm | 0 mm |
Length | 4,417 mm | 4,300 mm | 0 mm |
Width | 1,834 mm | 1,781 mm | 0 mm |
Height | 1,844 mm | 1,471 mm | 0 mm |
Curb Weight | 1,664 kg | 1,350 kg | 0 kg |
Fuel Capacity | 60 L | 53 L | 7 L |
Headroom, Row 1 | 1,189 mm | 1,019 mm | 0 mm |
Shoulder Room, Row 1 | 1,463 mm | 1,420 mm | 0 mm |
Hip Room, Row 1 | 1,374 mm | 1,349 mm | 0 mm |
Legroom, Row 1 | 1,024 mm | 1,067 mm | 0 mm |
Headroom, Row 2 | 1,146 mm | 963 mm | -962 mm |
Shoulder Room, Row 2 | 1,486 mm | 1,394 mm | 0 mm |
Hip Room, Row 2 | 1,486 mm | 1,295 mm | 0 mm |
Legroom, Row 2 | 955 mm | 879 mm | 76 mm |
Total Legroom | 1,979 mm (over 2 rows) | 1,946 mm (over 2 rows) | 0 mm |
Cargo Volume, Minimum | 1,325 L | 651 L | -650 L |
Cargo Volume, Maximum | 2,180 L | 1,444 L | 1 L |
None of our members have yet commented on the seat room and comfort of the 2016 Ford Transit Connect.
2017 Hyundai Elantra GT Seat Room and Comfort: Cons | ||
Year | Comment | |
The front seats are comfortable and supportive in both cars, with Hyundai's likely agreeable for a wider range of body sizes and types. And the rear seat? Here we have another area where the Elantra Touring excelled, but neither Elantra GT has. The culprit this time isn't design, but a decision by those who make the big bucks at the corporate level. Hyundai offers Europeans the i30 (the same car with a different model name) in two lengths. These are marketed as a hatchback and as an estate or touring or tourer or kombi or whatever other label might help sell what Americans call station wagons. With the Elantra Touring, we got the latter, and consequently far more rear seat room and cargo carrying capacity than in any other compact hatchback. But we didn't buy the car. So with the first and second Elantra GT we've been getting the much less lengthy, more athletically proportioned hatchback. As it stands (or rather, sits), the Elantra GT's rear seat shouldn't be condemned as useless unless you're a driver of above-average height with similarly sized passsengers. At 5-9, I fit behind a driver seat set for myself with perhaps three inches between my knees and the seat back and about a half-inch to spare between the top of my head and the headliner (in a two-pedal Elantra GT with the optional sunroof). But people even a couple inches taller than me will feel cramped. The rear seats in the GTI and Civic are roomier. One plus in the Elantra GT's column: its rear seat passengers get air vents. The Civic's don't. In terms of cargo space the Elantra GT is more competitive, but nothing special the way it was with the Elantra Touring. see full Hyundai Elantra GT review |
None of our members have yet commented on the seat room and comfort of the 2017 Hyundai Elantra GT.