Mazda CX-50 vs SEAT Ateca
The CX-50 costs less to run, by the official figures: about $20 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
- $1,659 (better)
- $1,677
- New Zealand
- $2,002 (better)
- $2,024
- United Kingdom
- £1,216 (better)
- £1,230
- United States
- $1,547 (better)
- $1,564
Official figures
- Uses
- 6.2 L/100km (better)
- 6.3 L/100km
- On a full tank
- –
- 799 km
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- –
- 510 L
- Length
- 4,724 mm
- 4,381 mm
- Weight
- –
- 1,385 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 2.5 L 4-cylinder petrol
- 1.5 L 4-cylinder turbo petrol
- Power
- 139 kW (better)
- 110 kW
- Torque
- 252 Nm (better)
- 250 Nm
- Gearbox
- 6-speed automatic
- 7-speed dual-clutch
- Drive
- AWD
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- –
- ★★★★★
- Euro NCAP
- –
- ★★★★★
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.
CX-50 or Ateca?
Which is cheaper to run, the Mazda CX-50 or the SEAT Ateca?
The Mazda CX-50: about $20 a year less in Australia than the SEAT Ateca at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Mazda CX-50 or the SEAT Ateca?
The Mazda CX-50, at 6.2 L/100km (46 mpg UK, 38 mpg US) to the SEAT Ateca's 6.3 L/100km (45 mpg UK, 38 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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