BMW 123D vs Toyota Echo
The 123D costs less to run, by the official figures: about $410 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
- $1,452 (better)
- $1,866
- Australia
- $1,794
- $1,549 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £1,269
- £1,134 (better)
- United States
- $2,007
- $1,442 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 5.6 L/100km (better)
- 5.8 L/100km
- UK
- 50 mpg (better)
- 49 mpg
- US
- 42 mpg (better)
- 41 mpg
- On a full tank
- 940 km (better)
- 711 km
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Length
- 4,360 mm
- 3,860 mm
- Weight
- 1,450 kg
- –
Engine
- Engine
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder twin turbo diesel
- 1.5 L 4-cylinder petrol
- Power
- 150 kW (better)
- 81 kW
- Torque
- 400 Nm (better)
- 142 Nm
- Gearbox
- 6-speed manual
- 4-speed automatic
- Drive
- RWD
- FWD
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.
123D or Echo?
Which is cheaper to run, the BMW 123D or the Toyota Echo?
The BMW 123D: about $410 a year less in New Zealand than the Toyota Echo at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the BMW 123D or the Toyota Echo?
The BMW 123D, at 5.6 L/100km (50 mpg UK, 42 mpg US) to the Toyota Echo's 5.8 L/100km (49 mpg UK, 41 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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