The ProtTgT offers an impressive amount of headroom and legroom. It's as roomy as longer, wider and pricier mid-size sedans. Space is important for taller buyers and it's something many compacts don't offer. Front-seat roominess is comparable to that of a Honda Civic LX sedan.The rear seats are also roomy. Mazda's engineers cleverly mounted the front-seat tracks in a way that yielded more space for rear-seat passengers, whose knees are now mercifully spared from being scrunched up against the back of the driver's seat. Just as important, the interior is friendly with controls that are easy to operate. The stereo is placed higher up on the dashboard than on many cars, which means music freaks can flip stations and fast forward to favorite tracks without taking their eyes off the road for a nanosecond longer than they have to. We applaud the sturdy grab handles above the rear passenger windows. If you're on the go and need to take along a change of clothes, these handles function much more efficiently for hanging up a sport coat, or dress, than the puny plastic clips that come in many other cars. Another nice design touch is the use of a dimpled pattern--much like you'd find on the surface of a golf ball on the door handles for extra palm-gripping action. The seats are comfortable and supportive. We found it a bit hard to turn the knob to adjust the back of the driver's seat. Rear-seat headroom was not nearly as plentiful as in the front; at 5-feet, 11-inches, I was brushing my head on the headliner.
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