Model Year | 2017 | 2020 | |
Model | Hyundai Elantra GT | Ford Transit Connect | |
Engine | |||
Transmission | |||
Drivetrain | |||
Body | 4dr Hatch | 4dr Minivan, ext. | |
Difference | |||
Wheelbase | 2,649 mm | 3,063 mm | -1 mm |
Length | 4,300 mm | 4,826 mm | 0 mm |
Width | 1,781 mm | 1,834 mm | 0 mm |
Height | 1,471 mm | 1,819 mm | 0 mm |
Curb Weight | 1,323 kg | 1,813 kg | 0 kg |
Fuel Capacity | 53 L | 60 L | -7 L |
Headroom, Row 1 | 1,019 mm | 1,191 mm | 0 mm |
Shoulder Room, Row 1 | 1,420 mm | 1,463 mm | 0 mm |
Hip Room, Row 1 | 1,349 mm | 1,377 mm | 0 mm |
Legroom, Row 1 | 1,067 mm | 1,024 mm | 0 mm |
Headroom, Row 2 | 963 mm | 1,161 mm | 962 mm |
Shoulder Room, Row 2 | 1,394 mm | 1,486 mm | 0 mm |
Hip Room, Row 2 | 1,295 mm | 1,481 mm | 0 mm |
Legroom, Row 2 | 879 mm | 955 mm | -76 mm |
Headroom, Row 3 | 0 mm | 1,064 mm | -1 mm |
Shoulder Room, Row 3 | 0 mm | 1,430 mm | -1 mm |
Hip Room, Row 3 | 0 mm | 1,194 mm | -1 mm |
Legroom, Row 3 | 0 mm | 889 mm | -889 mm |
Total Legroom | 1,946 mm (over 2 rows) | 2,868 mm (over 3 rows) | -1 mm |
Cargo Volume, Minimum | 651 L | 705 L | -54 L |
Cargo Volume, Behind R2 | 23.0 | 1,702 L | 22 |
Cargo Volume, Maximum | 1,444 L | 3,002 L | -2 L |
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 |
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