Ford Transit Connect vs Volkswagen Transporter
The Transporter costs less to run, by the official figures: about $460 a year less in New Zealand, $380 in Australia, £280 in the UK and $350 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
- $3,043
- $2,587 (better)
- Australia
- $2,521
- $2,144 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £1,849
- £1,572 (better)
- United States
- $2,351
- $1,999 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 9.4 L/100km
- 8.0 L/100km (better)
- UK
- 30 mpg
- 35 mpg (better)
- US
- 25 mpg
- 29 mpg (better)
- On a full tank
- 638 km
- 875 km (better)
Space
- Seats
- 2
- 3
- Length
- 4,418 mm
- 4,904 mm
Engine
- Engine
- 1.5 L 4-cylinder turbo diesel
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder turbo-diesel
- Power
- 74 kW
- 81 kW (better)
- Torque
- 230 Nm
- 250 Nm (better)
- Gearbox
- 6-speed manual
- 5-speed manual
- Drive
- FWD
- 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.
Transit Connect or Transporter?
Which is cheaper to run, the Ford Transit Connect or the Volkswagen Transporter?
The Volkswagen Transporter: about $460 a year less in New Zealand, $380 in Australia, £280 in the UK and $350 in the US than the Ford Transit Connect at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Ford Transit Connect or the Volkswagen Transporter?
The Volkswagen Transporter, at 8.0 L/100km (35 mpg UK, 29 mpg US) to the Ford Transit Connect's 9.4 L/100km (30 mpg UK, 25 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
Each on its own
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