Toyota Vanguard vs Volkswagen Tiguan
The Vanguard costs less to run, by the official figures: about $30 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
- $2,132 (better)
- $2,159
- New Zealand
- $2,571 (better)
- $2,603
- United Kingdom
- £1,562 (better)
- £1,582
- United States
- $1,986 (better)
- $2,011
Official figures
- Uses
- 8.0 L/100km (better)
- 8.1 L/100km
- On a full tank
- –
- 745 km
Space
- Seats
- 7
- 5
- Boot
- –
- 614 L
- Towing, braked
- –
- 1,800 kg
- Length
- 4,570 mm
- 4,486 mm
- Weight
- –
- 1,572 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 2.4 L 4-cylinder petrol
- 1.4 L 4-cylinder turbo petrol
- Power
- 125 kW (better)
- 110 kW
- Torque
- 224 Nm
- 250 Nm (better)
- Gearbox
- CVT
- 6-speed dual-clutch
- Drive
- AWD
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- –
- ★★★★★
- Euro NCAP
- –
- ★★★★★
- Airbags
- –
- 7
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.
Vanguard or Tiguan?
Which is cheaper to run, the Toyota Vanguard or the Volkswagen Tiguan?
The Toyota Vanguard: about $30 a year less in Australia than the Volkswagen Tiguan at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Toyota Vanguard or the Volkswagen Tiguan?
The Toyota Vanguard, at 8.0 L/100km (36 mpg UK, 30 mpg US) to the Volkswagen Tiguan's 8.1 L/100km (35 mpg UK, 29 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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