Model Year | 2017 | 2023 | |
Model | Hyundai Elantra GT | Volkswagen Jetta | |
Engine | 2.0L I4 DOHC-4v 173 hp@6500 154 lb-ft@4700 |
turbocharged 2.0L I4 DOHC-4v 228 hp@5000 258 lb-ft@1500 |
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Transmission | 6-speed shiftable automatic | 7-speed automated manual | |
Drivetrain | FWD | FWD | |
Body | 4dr Hatch | 4dr Sedan | |
Difference | |||
Wheelbase | 2,649 mm | 2,685 mm | 0 mm |
Length | 4,300 mm | 4,737 mm | 0 mm |
Width | 1,781 mm | 1,798 mm | 0 mm |
Height | 1,471 mm | 1,466 mm | 0 mm |
Curb Weight | 1,350 kg | 1,522 kg | 0 kg |
Fuel Capacity | 53 L | 50 L | 3 L |
Headroom, Row 1 | 1,019 mm | 978 mm | -977 mm |
Shoulder Room, Row 1 | 1,420 mm | 1,420 mm | 0 mm |
Hip Room, Row 1 | 1,349 mm | 1,346 mm | 0 mm |
Legroom, Row 1 | 1,067 mm | 1,044 mm | 0 mm |
Headroom, Row 2 | 963 mm | 945 mm | 18 mm |
Shoulder Room, Row 2 | 1,394 mm | 1,372 mm | 0 mm |
Hip Room, Row 2 | 1,295 mm | 1,306 mm | 0 mm |
Legroom, Row 2 | 879 mm | 950 mm | -71 mm |
Total Legroom | 1,946 mm (over 2 rows) | 1,994 mm (over 2 rows) | 0 mm |
Cargo Volume, Minimum | 651 L | 399 L | 252 L |
Cargo Volume, Maximum | 1,444 L | 14.1 | -13.1 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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