Yea, I'm thinking the same thing. The current Connect has 81" behind the front seats. If they added all of that 9.1" inside, that would make for 90.1" behind the seats or a tick over seven and a half feet. Close but no cigar.
Guess they don't want to cut into full size Transit and F150 sales.
I do have to say though, I'm glad they're keeping barn doors. Trying to load stuff into a vehicle with an overhead hatch door (like most modern suvs/cuvs) is near impossible with a forklift.