Dodge Dakota vs Ford F250
The F250 costs less to run, by the official figures: about $420 a year less in New Zealand, $350 in Australia, £260 in the UK and $320 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
- $5,854
- $5,433 (better)
- Australia
- $4,850
- $4,502 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £3,556
- £3,301 (better)
- United States
- $4,522
- $4,197 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 18.1 L/100km
- 16.8 L/100km (better)
- UK
- 16 mpg
- 17 mpg (better)
- US
- 13 mpg
- 14 mpg (better)
- On a full tank
- –
- 768 km
Space
- Seats
- –
- 6
Engine
- Engine
- 3.9 L V6 petrol
- 7.3 L V8 petrol
- Power
- 130 kW
- 321 kW (better)
- Torque
- 305 Nm
- 644 Nm (better)
- Gearbox
- 4-speed automatic
- 10-speed automatic
- Drive
- RWD
- 4WD
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.
Dakota or F250?
Which is cheaper to run, the Dodge Dakota or the Ford F250?
The Ford F250: about $420 a year less in New Zealand, $350 in Australia, £260 in the UK and $320 in the US than the Dodge Dakota at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Dodge Dakota or the Ford F250?
The Ford F250, at 16.8 L/100km (17 mpg UK, 14 mpg US) to the Dodge Dakota's 18.1 L/100km (16 mpg UK, 13 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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