Model Year | 2017 | 2023 | |
Model | Hyundai Elantra GT | Mitsubishi Outlander | |
Engine | 2.0L I4 DOHC-4v 173 hp@6500 154 lb-ft@4700 |
2.5L I4 DOHC-4v 181 hp@6000 181 lb-ft@3600 |
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Transmission | 6-speed shiftable automatic | 8-speed shiftable CVT | |
Drivetrain | FWD | FWD | |
Body | 4dr Hatch | 4dr SUV | |
Difference | |||
Wheelbase | 2,649 mm | 2,705 mm | 0 mm |
Length | 4,300 mm | 4,709 mm | 0 mm |
Width | 1,781 mm | 1,897 mm | 0 mm |
Height | 1,471 mm | 1,748 mm | 0 mm |
Curb Weight | 1,350 kg | 1,630 kg | 0 kg |
Fuel Capacity | 53 L | 55 L | -2 L |
Headroom, Row 1 | 1,019 mm | 1,031 mm | 0 mm |
Shoulder Room, Row 1 | 1,420 mm | 1,471 mm | 0 mm |
Hip Room, Row 1 | 1,349 mm | 1,372 mm | 0 mm |
Legroom, Row 1 | 1,067 mm | 1,059 mm | 0 mm |
Headroom, Row 2 | 963 mm | 993 mm | -30 mm |
Shoulder Room, Row 2 | 1,394 mm | 1,420 mm | 0 mm |
Hip Room, Row 2 | 1,295 mm | 1,354 mm | 0 mm |
Legroom, Row 2 | 879 mm | 1,013 mm | 878 mm |
Headroom, Row 3 | 0 mm | 876 mm | -876 mm |
Shoulder Room, Row 3 | 0 mm | 1,300 mm | -1 mm |
Hip Room, Row 3 | 0 mm | 1,069 mm | -1 mm |
Legroom, Row 3 | 0 mm | 475 mm | -475 mm |
Total Legroom | 1,946 mm (over 2 rows) | 2,548 mm (over 3 rows) | -1 mm |
Cargo Volume, Minimum | 651 L | 331 L | 320 L |
Cargo Volume, Behind R2 | 23.0 | 949 L | -926 |
Cargo Volume, Maximum | 1,444 L | 2,257 L | -1 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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