Model Year | 2010 | 2018 | |
Model | Nissan Maxima | Hyundai Elantra GT | |
Engine | 3.5L V6 DOHC-4v 216 kW@6400 354 Nm@4400 |
turbocharged 1.6L I4 DOHC-4v 150 kW@6000 264 Nm@1500 |
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Transmission | 6-speed shiftable CVT | 7-speed automated manual | |
Drivetrain | FWD | FWD | |
Body | 4dr Sedan | 4dr Hatch | |
Difference | |||
Wheelbase | 2,776 mm | 2,649 mm | 0 mm |
Length | 4,841 mm | 4,341 mm | 0 mm |
Width | 1,859 mm | 1,781 mm | 0 mm |
Height | 1,468 mm | 1,466 mm | 0 mm |
Curb Weight | 1,613 kg | 1,391 kg | 0 kg |
Fuel Capacity | 76 L | 53 L | 23 L |
Headroom, Row 1 | 978 mm | 993 mm | -15 mm |
Shoulder Room, Row 1 | 1,430 mm | 1,427 mm | 0 mm |
Hip Room, Row 1 | 1,356 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm |
Legroom, Row 1 | 1,113 mm | 1,072 mm | 0 mm |
Headroom, Row 2 | 925 mm | 978 mm | -53 mm |
Shoulder Room, Row 2 | 1,400 mm | 1,407 mm | 0 mm |
Hip Room, Row 2 | 1,369 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm |
Legroom, Row 2 | 879 mm | 884 mm | -5 mm |
Total Legroom | 1,991 mm (over 2 rows) | 1,956 mm (over 2 rows) | 0 mm |
Cargo Volume, Minimum | 402 L | 705 L | -303 L |
Cargo Volume, Maximum | 14.2 | 1,560 L | 13.2 |
2010 Nissan Maxima Seat Room and Comfort: Pros | ||
Year | Body/Powertrain | Comment |
2010 | 4dr Sedan 290-horsepower 3.5L V6 6-speed shiftable CVT FWD |
Lumbar in the base model. Good side bolstering on bottom cushion and through the shoulders. Large range of adjustment and the wheel tilts and shifts. see full Nissan Maxima review |
2010 | 4dr Sedan 290-horsepower 3.5L V6 6-speed shiftable CVT FWD |
Lots of room, soft seats. see full Nissan Maxima review |
2009 | 4dr Sedan 290-horsepower 3.5L V6 6-speed shiftable CVT FWD |
Bucket seats hold you in around corners - very supportive. Telescopic steering wheel and power seats ensure you get a great driving position. Both seats and steering wheel are heated. Dual climate control great for passengers. see full Nissan Maxima review |
2009 | 4dr Sedan 290-horsepower 3.5L V6 6-speed shiftable CVT FWD |
It fits everywhere. On a recent trip, I drove all day and was never "seat tired". see full Nissan Maxima review |
2009 | 4dr Sedan 290-horsepower 3.5L V6 6-speed shiftable CVT FWD |
Adjustable everything! Air conditioned driver seat a huge consideration. see full Nissan Maxima review |
2010 Nissan Maxima Seat Room and Comfort: Cons | ||
Year | Body/Powertrain | Comment |
2009 | 4dr Sedan 290-horsepower 3.5L V6 6-speed shiftable CVT FWD |
My tall friends hit there heads on the roofline, they are over 6 foot see full Nissan Maxima review |
2009 | 4dr Sedan 290-horsepower 3.5L V6 6-speed shiftable CVT FWD |
The rear seat of the 7th gen Maxima is slightly smaller than that of the 6th gen Maxima. Still fairly roomy, but slightly smaller. This is understandable because of the major styling change, and the conversion from 'near luxury family sedan' back to 'near luxury family sedan with a sporty edge' that took place between these generations. see full Nissan Maxima review |
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.