Hyundai Ioniq vs Toyota Aqua
The Aqua costs less to run, by the official figures: about $200 a year less in New Zealand, $170 in Australia, £120 in the UK and $150 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
- $1,100
- $899 (better)
- Australia
- $913
- $746 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £668
- £546 (better)
- United States
- $849
- $695 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 3.4 L/100km
- 2.8 L/100km (better)
- UK
- 83 mpg
- 102 mpg (better)
- US
- 69 mpg
- 85 mpg (better)
- On a full tank
- 1,324 km (better)
- 1,295 km
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- 443 L
- –
- Length
- 4,470 mm
- 4,050 mm
- Weight
- 1,400 kg
- 1,120 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 1.6 L 4-cylinder petrol hybrid
- 1.5 L 3-cylinder petrol hybrid (M15A-FXE)
- Power
- 104 kW (better)
- 85 kW
- Torque
- 265 Nm (better)
- 120 Nm
- Gearbox
- 6-speed dual-clutch
- CVT
- Drive
- FWD
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Euro NCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
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.
Ioniq or Aqua?
Which is cheaper to run, the Hyundai Ioniq or the Toyota Aqua?
The Toyota Aqua: about $200 a year less in New Zealand, $170 in Australia, £120 in the UK and $150 in the US than the Hyundai Ioniq at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Hyundai Ioniq or the Toyota Aqua?
The Toyota Aqua, at 2.8 L/100km (102 mpg UK, 85 mpg US) to the Hyundai Ioniq's 3.4 L/100km (83 mpg UK, 69 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
Each on its own
Other comparisons
What will the drive cost?
Roadtrip works out the fuel or charging cost of any drive for your exact car, finds the cheapest stations on the way, and splits it between everyone in the car.
Rated 4.7 by drivers · 700,000 downloads
