Subaru Outback vs Toyota Caldina
The Caldina costs less to run, by the official figures: about $130 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
- $2,034
- $1,909 (better)
- New Zealand
- $2,455
- $2,303 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £1,491
- £1,399 (better)
- United States
- $1,896
- $1,779 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 7.6 L/100km
- 7.1 L/100km (better)
- On a full tank
- 830 km
- –
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- 522 L
- –
- Towing, braked
- 2,000 kg
- –
- Length
- 4,870 mm
- –
- Weight
- 1,660 kg
- –
Engine
- Engine
- 2.5 L flat-4 petrol
- 1.8 L 4-cylinder petrol
- Power
- 138 kW (better)
- 100 kW
- Torque
- 245 Nm (better)
- 170 Nm
- Gearbox
- CVT
- 4-speed automatic
- Drive
- AWD
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Airbags
- 8
- –
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.
Outback or Caldina?
Which is cheaper to run, the Subaru Outback or the Toyota Caldina?
The Toyota Caldina: about $130 a year less in Australia than the Subaru Outback at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Subaru Outback or the Toyota Caldina?
The Toyota Caldina, at 7.1 L/100km (40 mpg UK, 33 mpg US) to the Subaru Outback's 7.6 L/100km (37 mpg UK, 31 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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