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2021 Toyota Highlander and 2018 Hyundai Elantra GT Specifications
| Model Year | 2021 | 2018 | |
| Model | Toyota Highlander | Hyundai Elantra GT | |
| Engine | 3.5L V6 DOHC-4v 295 hp@6600 263 lb-ft@4700 |
turbocharged 1.6L I4 DOHC-4v 201 hp@6000 195 lb-ft@1500 |
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| Transmission | 8-speed shiftable automatic | 7-speed automated manual | |
| Drivetrain | FWD | FWD | |
| Body | 4dr SUV | 4dr Hatch | |
| Difference | |||
| Wheelbase | 112.2 in | 104.3 in | 7.9 in |
| Length | 194.9 in | 170.9 in | 24 in |
| Width | 76.0 in | 70.1 in | 5.9 in |
| Height | 68.1 in | 57.7 in | 10.4 in |
| Curb Weight | 4145 lb. | 3067 lb. | 1078 lb. |
| Fuel Capacity | 17.9 gal. | 14.0 gal. | 3.9 gal. |
| Headroom, Row 1 | 41.2 in | 39.1 in | 2.1 in |
| Shoulder Room, Row 1 | 59.0 in | 56.2 in | 2.8 in |
| Hip Room, Row 1 | 57.2 in | 0.0 in | 57.2 in |
| Legroom, Row 1 | 42.0 in | 42.2 in | -0.2 in |
| Headroom, Row 2 | 39.4 in | 38.5 in | 0.9 in |
| Shoulder Room, Row 2 | 58.7 in | 55.4 in | 3.3 in |
| Hip Room, Row 2 | 57.0 in | 0.0 in | 57 in |
| Legroom, Row 2 | 41.0 in | 34.8 in | 6.2 in |
| Headroom, Row 3 | 36.1 in | 0.0 in | 36.1 in |
| Shoulder Room, Row 3 | 55.0 in | 0.0 in | 55 in |
| Hip Room, Row 3 | 45.6 in | 0.0 in | 45.6 in |
| Legroom, Row 3 | 27.7 in | 0.0 in | 27.7 in |
| Total Legroom | 110.7 in (over 3 rows) | 77 in (over 2 rows) | 33.7 in |
| Cargo Volume, Minimum | 16.0 ft3 | 24.9 ft3 | -8.9 ft3 |
| Cargo Volume, Behind R2 | 48.4 ft3 | 24.9 | 23.5 ft3 |
| Cargo Volume, Maximum | 84.3 ft3 | 55.1 ft3 | 29.2 ft3 |
TrueDelta Reviews the Seat Room and Comfort of the 2021 Toyota Highlander
| 2021 Toyota Highlander Seat Room and Comfort: Cons | ||
| Year | Comment | |
| With each redesign (for 2008, 2014, and 2020) Toyota has enlarged the Highlander, yet the crossover's third-row seat remains uncomforably low and tight. For adults to be even passably comfortable in the way-back the second row must be slid forward, rendering legroom there also marginal. Some three-row crossovers have much roomier and more comfortable third-row seats. But if you want to be able to squeeze in eight people, Highlanders with a second-row bench can do this. Because they have significantly narrower third-row seats, the Ford Explorer and Kia Sorento cannot fit three people back there even in a pinch, so in hybrid form the former has a maximum capacity of seven people and the latter only six. (The Sorento PHEV will be able to seat seven.) This noted, if you want your adult passengers to have plenty of room, the practical capacity of each is four people. see full Toyota Highlander review | ||
What Our Members Are Saying about the Seat Room and Comfort of the 2021 Toyota Highlander
| 2021 Toyota Highlander Seat Room and Comfort: Cons | ||
| Year | Body/Powertrain | Comment |
| 2020 | 4dr SUV 295-horsepower 3.5L V6 8-speed shiftable automatic AWD |
The 3rd row seating is just not for adults at all, and I'm not certain that children would be easy to fit back there as well. I'm not sure what Toyota was thinking, even making the 2020 longer didn't make any difference at all. My one complaint is it is just TOO SMALL! see full Toyota Highlander review |
TrueDelta Reviews the Seat Room and Comfort of the 2018 Hyundai Elantra GT
| 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 | ||
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