Toyota Corolla (2014) vs. Volkswagen Golf / GTI (2017) Specs
How powerful is the engine? How much room is in the back seat? Get the 2014 Toyota Corolla and 2017 Volkswagen Golf / GTI specs.
2014 Toyota Corolla and 2017 Volkswagen Golf / GTI Specifications
Model Year |
2014 |
2017 |
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Model |
Toyota Corolla |
Volkswagen Golf / GTI |
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Engine |
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Transmission |
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Drivetrain |
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Body |
4dr Sedan |
4dr Hatch |
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Difference |
Wheelbase |
2,700 mm |
2,637 mm |
0 mm |
Length |
4,638 mm |
4,255 mm |
0 mm |
Width |
1,775 mm |
1,798 mm |
0 mm |
Height |
1,455 mm |
1,453 mm |
0 mm |
Curb Weight |
1,270 kg |
1,344 kg |
0 kg |
Fuel Capacity |
50 L |
50 L |
0 L |
Headroom, Row 1 |
973 mm |
975 mm |
-2 mm |
Shoulder Room, Row 1 |
1,392 mm |
1,420 mm |
0 mm |
Hip Room, Row 1 |
1,346 mm |
0 mm |
1 mm |
Legroom, Row 1 |
1,021 mm |
1,046 mm |
0 mm |
Headroom, Row 2 |
942 mm |
968 mm |
-26 mm |
Shoulder Room, Row 2 |
1,392 mm |
1,369 mm |
0 mm |
Hip Room, Row 2 |
1,115 mm |
0 mm |
1 mm |
Legroom, Row 2 |
1,049 mm |
904 mm |
-903 mm |
Total Legroom |
2,070 mm (over 2 rows) |
1,951 mm (over 2 rows) |
1 mm |
Cargo Volume, Minimum |
368 L |
646 L |
-278 L |
Cargo Volume, Maximum |
13.0 |
1,492 L |
12 |
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TrueDelta Reviews the Seat Room and Comfort of the 2014 Toyota Corolla
2014 |
The Corolla's specs indicate rear legroom worthy of a large sedan, 41.3 inches, a substantial four more than in the Sentra and five more than in last year's Corolla. To provide this increase, Toyota stretched the car's wheelbase by four inches, taking it from the shortest in the segment to the 106.3-inch dimension shared by the Hyundai, Kia, Mazda, and Nissan. The Ford Focus, with a 104.3-inch wheelbase, is now the briefest of the bunch. The Corolla's overall length has also grown by four inches, to 182.6.
Subjectively, the Corolla's advantage over the Sentra seems about half as large. Still a lot of legroom for a compact, especially in conjunction with a more comfortably positioned seat. Rear seat headroom is in much shorter supply in both cars.
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TrueDelta Reviews the Seat Room and Comfort of the 2017 Volkswagen Golf / GTI
2016 |
As I've noted before (when reviewing the e-Golf), the seventh-generation Golf's front seats are shaped and padded to provide nearly ideal comfort and support in daily driving. The CX-5's driver seat also fit me well, but not quite as well as the Volkswagen's.
Compared to other compact hatchbacks and its ancestors, the current Golf has a roomy rear seat. I can sit behind my 5-9 self with about five inches of air ahead of my knees. Unless unusually tall people populate both rows, the amount of space should be beyond adequate.
Compare the Golf SportWagen's rear seat to that in the CX-5, and a funny thing happens. On paper, the Mazda provides about 3.5 more inches of legroom. When sitting behind myself in both vehicles, though, I had about half as much space ahead of my knees in the CX-5. I've noticed in the past that VW measures rear legroom very conservatively, and apparently they continue to do so. The Golf's interior is roomier than the official specs suggest. Plus its rear seat passengers get air vents. The Mazda's do not.
This said, I'm not entirely comfortable in the Golf SportWagen's rear seat. To me it feels overly reclined. In neither the GSW nor the CX-5 is the degree of recline adjustable. It is in some compact crossovers.
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