BMW 3 Series vs Toyota Platz
The 3 Series costs less to run, by the official figures: about $40 a year less in New Zealand, $30 in Australia, £20 in the UK and $30 in the US.
Side by side
Specs are for each car's newest version. The better figure is in green.
A typical year's fuel
- New Zealand
- $1,850 (better)
- $1,885
- Australia
- $1,533 (better)
- $1,563
- United Kingdom
- £1,124 (better)
- £1,145
- United States
- $1,429 (better)
- $1,457
Official figures
- Uses
- 5.7 L/100km (better)
- 5.8 L/100km
- UK
- 49 mpg (better)
- 48 mpg
- US
- 41 mpg (better)
- 40 mpg
- On a full tank
- 1,031 km (better)
- 720 km
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- 480 L
- –
- Towing, braked
- 1,600 kg
- –
- Length
- 4,709 mm
- –
- Weight
- 1,495 kg
- –
Engine
- Engine
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder turbo petrol
- 1.5 L 4-cylinder petrol
- Power
- 135 kW (better)
- 81 kW
- Torque
- 300 Nm (better)
- 141 Nm
- Gearbox
- 8-speed automatic
- 4-speed automatic
- Drive
- RWD
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Euro NCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Airbags
- 8
- –
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.
3 Series or Platz?
Which is cheaper to run, the BMW 3 Series or the Toyota Platz?
The BMW 3 Series: about $40 a year less in New Zealand, $30 in Australia, £20 in the UK and $30 in the US than the Toyota Platz at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the BMW 3 Series or the Toyota Platz?
The BMW 3 Series, at 5.7 L/100km (49 mpg UK, 41 mpg US) to the Toyota Platz's 5.8 L/100km (48 mpg UK, 40 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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