Chevrolet Silverado 1500 vs Nissan Frontier
Official fuel use, running costs and specs, side by side.
Side by side
Specs are for each car's newest version. The better figure is in green.
A typical year's fuel
- New Zealand
- $4,049
- $4,004 (better)
- Australia
- $3,359
- $3,320 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £2,460
- £2,432 (better)
- United States
- $3,128
- $3,093 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 12.5 L/100km
- 12.4 L/100km (better)
- On a full tank
- 727 km (better)
- 646 km
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- 1,613 L
- –
- Towing, braked
- –
- 2,948 kg
- Length
- 5,886 mm
- 5,219 mm
- Weight
- 2,067 kg
- 1,896 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 5.3 L V8 petrol
- 3.8 L V6 petrol
- Power
- 265 kW (better)
- 231 kW
- Torque
- 519 Nm (better)
- 381 Nm
- Gearbox
- 10-speed automatic
- 9-speed automatic
- Drive
- RWD
- 4WD
Safety
- 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.
Silverado 1500 or Frontier?
Which uses less fuel, the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 or the Nissan Frontier?
The Nissan Frontier, at 12.4 L/100km (23 mpg UK, 19 mpg US) to the Chevrolet Silverado 1500's 12.5 L/100km (23 mpg UK, 19 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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