Model Year | 2014 | 2019 | |
Model | Nissan Pathfinder | Hyundai Elantra GT | |
Engine | 3.5L V6 DOHC-4v 260 hp@6400 240 lb-ft@4400 |
turbocharged 1.6L I4 DOHC-4v 201 hp@6000 195 lb-ft@1500 |
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Transmission | CVT | 7-speed automated manual | |
Drivetrain | FWD | FWD | |
Body | 4dr SUV | 4dr Hatch | |
Difference | |||
Wheelbase | 2,901 mm | 2,649 mm | 0 mm |
Length | 5,009 mm | 4,341 mm | 1 mm |
Width | 1,961 mm | 1,781 mm | 0 mm |
Height | 1,768 mm | 1,466 mm | 0 mm |
Curb Weight | 1,882 kg | 1,391 kg | 0 kg |
Fuel Capacity | 74 L | 53 L | 21 L |
Headroom, Row 1 | 1,072 mm | 993 mm | -992 mm |
Shoulder Room, Row 1 | 1,542 mm | 1,427 mm | 0 mm |
Hip Room, Row 1 | 1,443 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm |
Legroom, Row 1 | 1,074 mm | 1,072 mm | 0 mm |
Headroom, Row 2 | 1,001 mm | 978 mm | -977 mm |
Shoulder Room, Row 2 | 1,534 mm | 1,407 mm | 0 mm |
Hip Room, Row 2 | 1,425 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm |
Legroom, Row 2 | 1,059 mm | 884 mm | -883 mm |
Headroom, Row 3 | 960 mm | 0 mm | 960 mm |
Shoulder Room, Row 3 | 1,450 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm |
Hip Room, Row 3 | 1,067 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm |
Legroom, Row 3 | 780 mm | 0 mm | 780 mm |
Total Legroom | 2,913 mm (over 3 rows) | 1,956 mm (over 2 rows) | 1 mm |
Cargo Volume, Minimum | 453 L | 705 L | -252 L |
Cargo Volume, Behind R2 | 1,354 L | 24.9 | -23.9 L |
Cargo Volume, Maximum | 2,260 L | 1,560 L | 1 L |
2014 Nissan Pathfinder Seat Room and Comfort: Cons | ||
Year | Comment | |
Adults will easily fit in both back rows if the second row is adjusted midway through its travel, but they won't be very comfortable. Total legroom for all three rows is a generous 114.7 inches, 3.4 more than in the larger GMC Acadia. But as in the Acadia, the second row seat is too low to provide adults with proper thigh support. The Ford Flex is the champ in this area, while the new Santa Fe also puts in a strong showing. The seat cushion itself feels more substantial than that in the Acadia, but the GMC can fit three people in the third row (as can the Pilot). Only two can sit back there in the Pathfinder. see full Nissan Pathfinder review |
None of our members have yet commented on the seat room and comfort of the 2014 Nissan Pathfinder.
2019 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 2019 Hyundai Elantra GT.