Toyota Hilux vs Volkswagen Amarok
The Hilux costs less to run, by the official figures: about $600 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
- $1,941 (better)
- $2,544
- New Zealand
- $2,338
- $2,059 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £1,420 (better)
- £1,800
- United States
- $1,806 (better)
- $2,847
Official figures
- Uses
- 7.2 L/100km (better)
- 8.0 L/100km
- On a full tank
- 1,093 km (better)
- 988 km
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- 1,127 L
- –
- Towing, braked
- 3,500 kg (better)
- 3,000 kg
- Length
- 5,329 mm
- 5,192 mm
- Weight
- 2,113 kg
- 2,040 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 2.8 L 4-cylinder turbo diesel
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder twin-turbo diesel
- Power
- 110 kW
- 157 kW (better)
- Torque
- 400 Nm
- 525 Nm (better)
- Gearbox
- 6-speed automatic
- 8-speed automatic
- Drive
- 4WD
- 4WD
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- ★★★★★
- Euro NCAP
- –
- ★★★★☆
- Airbags
- 7 (better)
- 4
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.
Hilux or Amarok?
Which is cheaper to run, the Toyota Hilux or the Volkswagen Amarok?
The Toyota Hilux: about $600 a year less in Australia than the Volkswagen Amarok at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Toyota Hilux or the Volkswagen Amarok?
The Toyota Hilux, at 7.2 L/100km (39 mpg UK, 33 mpg US) to the Volkswagen Amarok's 8.0 L/100km (35 mpg UK, 29 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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