1/30/2024 0 Comments Spacious back seat carsMy 8- and 10-year-olds were going to look at the screens in their hands anyway. Our Santa Fe’s backseat didn’t have video screens, but that didn’t bother me at all. The drink holders popped out of that arm rest - another nice feature, since, when seat-belted, it’s hard to reach down to a low center spot. You could seat adults back here as comfortably as you could kids (so you could offer to drive when you’re going out with friends, and not feel like you’re putting them in a kids’ seat). They even balanced a laptop on it when they watched a movie. The Santa Fe’s second row was a wide row of leather seats with a middle seat arm rest that pushed down, so my two kids had a place for their elbows or pillows. And I don’t like those second rows with two little island seats, with lots of wasted space all around them. But I’ve ridden in plenty of SUVs and crossovers where I’ve felt crunched, or like I’m sitting in a van. I run my suburban carpools and errands in a half-the-size Toyota Matrix. It’s possible that my delight with the roominess was the result of never having owned an SUV. Life In an SUV: New To Me On the road in the roomy Hyundai Santa Fe The glorious, leather upholstered, temperature-controlled space. It’s loaded with tech features, most of which I don’t think I would use, but I liked having them. But ultimately, our favorite thing about this car was the space. The 7-seater Santa Fe had lots of bells and whistles-things like voice activated texting and individual seat warmers for the back seats. No one felt cramped, even with all of our snacks, electronics and road toys around us. And yet, we all felt as comfortable as if we were sitting in first-class airplane seats. We packed four people and eight pieces of luggage into the 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe GLS 4WD for a road trip between Chicago and northern Michigan – about a 6-hour drive each way. It keeps the backseat whining down, and the happy vacation mood up. On a long trip with the family, space is key. The 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe GLS: Family Seating for Seven
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