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What current Nissan or automobile model is close to the size of the Leaf?
garygid said:Also, it will be interesting to see how the back seat folds down in the Leaf.
garygid said:Is this the 2010 Prius, or the 2009 model?
They are nearly identical in dimensiongarygid said:Is this the 2010 Prius, or the 2009 model?
you may be correct about the Leaf, I haven't heard. But times they are a changin', The PHV Prius won't have a spare, I don't think the Volt does either.Dav said:The Leaf should have a standard compact spare. I can't imagine a "real" production vehicle without one. The RAV4-EV moved the spare from the rear door to where the mufflers would have been.
I will admit I couldn't find it in the specs, though: http://www.nissanusa.com/ev/media/pdf/specs/FeaturesAndSpecs.pdf
I'd have to check, but I don't think there's much if any more room for the driver's head in the 2010 compared to the 2004-2009 (heretofore "2G Prius"), but they did change the slope of the roof slightly giving more headroom for the back seat passengers...which was an issue previously.garygid said:Apparently the 2010 Prius raised the roof over the driver's head about an inch or so.
That, combined with its new 2010 feature of being able to LOWER the driver seat an inch or two, provides significantly more headroom for the driver.
Having no sunroof and using the seat all the way down allows me to fit comfortably in the 2010 Prius, where the 2009 would have been ... a bit too snug, I believe (but I have never been in one).
The Leaf may have 6-way adjustment of the driver seat, it is not clear how far DOWN it can go, and how the maximum headroom compares.
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