Hyundai Santa Cruz vs Toyota Tacoma
The Santa Cruz costs less to run, by the official figures: about $120 a year less in Australia.


Side by side
Specs are for each car's newest version. The better figure is in green.
A typical year's fuel
- Australia
- $2,626 (better)
- $2,741
- New Zealand
- $3,169 (better)
- $3,308
- United Kingdom
- £1,925 (better)
- £2,010
- United States
- $2,449 (better)
- $2,556
Official figures
- Uses
- 9.8 L/100km (better)
- 10.2 L/100km
- On a full tank
- 673 km
- 781 km (better)
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Towing, braked
- –
- 1,588 kg
- Length
- 4,971 mm
- 5,392 mm
- Weight
- 1,490 kg
- 1,833 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 2.5 L 4-cylinder petrol
- 2.7 L 4-cylinder petrol
- Power
- 171 kW (better)
- 119 kW
- Torque
- 246 Nm (better)
- 244 Nm
- Gearbox
- 8-speed automatic
- 6-speed automatic
- Drive
- FWD
- RWD
A typical year: New Zealand 11,000 km (Ministry of Transport's average for a light vehicle); Australia 11,100 km (ABS Survey of Motor Vehicle Use average); United Kingdom 11,265 km (DfT National Travel Survey average of about 7,000 miles); United States 21,726 km (FHWA average of about 13,500 miles). Real costs depend on how and where you drive. Work out a particular trip.
Santa Cruz or Tacoma?
Which is cheaper to run, the Hyundai Santa Cruz or the Toyota Tacoma?
The Hyundai Santa Cruz: about $120 a year less in Australia than the Toyota Tacoma at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Hyundai Santa Cruz or the Toyota Tacoma?
The Hyundai Santa Cruz, at 9.8 L/100km (29 mpg UK, 24 mpg US) to the Toyota Tacoma's 10.2 L/100km (28 mpg UK, 23 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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