Model Year | 2017 | 2012 | |
Model | Hyundai Elantra GT | Hyundai Genesis | |
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Body | 4dr Hatch | 4dr Sedan | |
Difference | |||
Wheelbase | 2,649 mm | 2,936 mm | 0 mm |
Length | 4,300 mm | 4,986 mm | 0 mm |
Width | 1,781 mm | 1,890 mm | 0 mm |
Height | 1,471 mm | 1,476 mm | 0 mm |
Curb Weight | 1,323 kg | 1,735 kg | 0 kg |
Fuel Capacity | 53 L | 73 L | -20 L |
Headroom, Row 1 | 1,019 mm | 1,026 mm | 0 mm |
Shoulder Room, Row 1 | 1,420 mm | 1,481 mm | 0 mm |
Hip Room, Row 1 | 1,349 mm | 1,394 mm | 0 mm |
Legroom, Row 1 | 1,067 mm | 1,125 mm | 0 mm |
Headroom, Row 2 | 963 mm | 958 mm | 5 mm |
Shoulder Room, Row 2 | 1,394 mm | 1,471 mm | 0 mm |
Hip Room, Row 2 | 1,295 mm | 1,379 mm | 0 mm |
Legroom, Row 2 | 879 mm | 980 mm | -101 mm |
Total Legroom | 1,946 mm (over 2 rows) | 2,106 mm (over 2 rows) | -1 mm |
Cargo Volume, Minimum | 651 L | 450 L | 201 L |
Cargo Volume, Maximum | 1,444 L | 15.9 | -14.9 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 |
None of our members have yet commented on the seat room and comfort of the 2017 Hyundai Elantra GT.
2012 Hyundai Genesis Seat Room and Comfort: Cons | ||
Year | Body/Powertrain | Comment |
2012 | 4dr Sedan 333-horsepower 3.8L V6 8-speed shiftable automatic RWD |
Climate controls (heat and cooling) are great for the driver. Let's add cooling for the passenger. see full Hyundai Genesis review |
2012 | 4dr Sedan 333-horsepower 3.8L V6 8-speed shiftable automatic RWD |
I am 6'3" and have more than enough head and leg room. Front seat width room is great see full Hyundai Genesis review |
2012 | 4dr Sedan 333-horsepower 3.8L V6 8-speed shiftable automatic RWD |
very comfortable even on a 4hr drive. see full Hyundai Genesis review |