Model Year | 2016 | 2018 | |
Model | Honda Odyssey | Hyundai Elantra GT | |
Engine | 3.5L V6 w/DoD OHC-4v 185 kW@5700 339 Nm@4800 |
turbocharged 1.6L I4 DOHC-4v 150 kW@6000 264 Nm@1500 |
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Transmission | 6-speed automatic | 7-speed automated manual | |
Drivetrain | FWD | FWD | |
Body | 4dr Minivan, ext. | 4dr Hatch | |
Difference | |||
Wheelbase | 3,000 mm | 2,649 mm | 1 mm |
Length | 5,154 mm | 4,341 mm | 1 mm |
Width | 2,012 mm | 1,781 mm | 1 mm |
Height | 1,737 mm | 1,466 mm | 0 mm |
Curb Weight | 1,994 kg | 1,391 kg | 0 kg |
Fuel Capacity | 79 L | 53 L | 26 L |
Headroom, Row 1 | 1,008 mm | 993 mm | -992 mm |
Shoulder Room, Row 1 | 1,636 mm | 1,427 mm | 0 mm |
Hip Room, Row 1 | 1,478 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm |
Legroom, Row 1 | 1,039 mm | 1,072 mm | 0 mm |
Headroom, Row 2 | 1,003 mm | 978 mm | -977 mm |
Shoulder Room, Row 2 | 1,613 mm | 1,407 mm | 0 mm |
Hip Room, Row 2 | 1,679 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm |
Legroom, Row 2 | 1,039 mm | 884 mm | -883 mm |
Headroom, Row 3 | 965 mm | 0 mm | 965 mm |
Shoulder Room, Row 3 | 1,547 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm |
Hip Room, Row 3 | 1,229 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm |
Legroom, Row 3 | 1,077 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm |
Total Legroom | 3,155 mm (over 3 rows) | 1,956 mm (over 2 rows) | 2 mm |
Cargo Volume, Minimum | 1,087 L | 705 L | -704 L |
Cargo Volume, Behind R2 | 2,636 L | 24.9 | -22.9 L |
Cargo Volume, Maximum | 4,205 L | 1,560 L | 3 L |
None of our members have yet commented on the seat room and comfort of the 2016 Honda Odyssey.
2018 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 2018 Hyundai Elantra GT.