Audi A3 vs Toyota Raum
The Raum costs less to run, by the official figures: about $10 a year less in New Zealand.


Side by side
Specs are for each car's newest version. The better figure is in green.
A typical year's fuel
- New Zealand
- $2,012
- $2,005 (better)
- Australia
- $1,667
- $1,662 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £1,222
- £1,218 (better)
- United States
- $1,554
- $1,549 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 6.2 L/100km
- 6.2 L/100km (better)
- UK
- 45 mpg
- 46 mpg (better)
- US
- 38 mpg
- 38 mpg (better)
- On a full tank
- 723 km (better)
- 677 km
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- 380 L
- –
- Towing, braked
- 1,500 kg
- –
- Length
- 4,343 mm
- 3,940 mm
- Weight
- 1,220 kg
- 1,080 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 1.0 L 3-cylinder turbo petrol
- 1.5 L 4-cylinder petrol
- Power
- 81 kW
- 81 kW
- Torque
- 200 Nm (better)
- 141 Nm
- Gearbox
- 6-speed manual
- 4-speed automatic
- Drive
- FWD
- 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.
A3 or Raum?
Which is cheaper to run, the Audi A3 or the Toyota Raum?
The Toyota Raum: about $10 a year less in New Zealand than the Audi A3 at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Audi A3 or the Toyota Raum?
The Toyota Raum, at 6.2 L/100km (46 mpg UK, 38 mpg US) to the Audi A3's 6.2 L/100km (45 mpg UK, 38 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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