Nissan Leaf vs Polestar 2
The Leaf costs less to run, by the official figures: about $40 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
- $683 (better)
- $722
- New Zealand
- $800 (better)
- $846
- United Kingdom
- £519 (better)
- £548
- United States
- $729 (better)
- $771
Official figures
- Uses
- 18.6 kWh/100km (better)
- 19.7 kWh/100km
- Range
- 463 km (better)
- 447 km
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- 435 L (better)
- 405 L
- Length
- 4,490 mm
- 4,606 mm
- Weight
- 1,580 kg
- –
Engine
- Engine
- Single motor
- Single motor
- Power
- 110 kW
- 170 kW (better)
- Torque
- 320 Nm
- 330 Nm (better)
- Gearbox
- Single-speed
- Single-speed
- Drive
- FWD
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- ★★★★★
- Euro NCAP
- ★★★★★
- ★★★★★
- Airbags
- 6
- –
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.
Leaf or 2?
Which is cheaper to run, the Nissan Leaf or the Polestar 2?
The Nissan Leaf: about $40 a year less in Australia than the Polestar 2 at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which has the bigger boot, the Nissan Leaf or the Polestar 2?
The Nissan Leaf, at 435 L to the Polestar 2's 405 L, for their newest versions.
Each on its own
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