Hyundai Sonata vs Toyota Sai
The Sai costs less to run, by the official figures: about $160 a year less in New Zealand, $140 in Australia, £100 in the UK and $120 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
- $1,617
- $1,455 (better)
- Australia
- $1,341
- $1,206 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £982
- £884 (better)
- United States
- $1,249
- $1,124 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 5.0 L/100km
- 4.5 L/100km (better)
- UK
- 56 mpg
- 63 mpg (better)
- US
- 47 mpg
- 52 mpg (better)
- On a full tank
- 1,200 km
- 1,222 km (better)
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- 453 L
- –
- Towing, braked
- 1,300 kg
- –
- Length
- 4,900 mm
- 4,695 mm
- Weight
- 1,333 kg
- 1,630 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 2.5 L 4-cylinder petrol
- 2.4 L 4-cylinder petrol hybrid
- Power
- 136 kW
- –
- Torque
- 255 Nm
- –
- Gearbox
- 8-speed automatic
- CVT
- Drive
- FWD
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Airbags
- 6
- –
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.
Sonata or Sai?
Which is cheaper to run, the Hyundai Sonata or the Toyota Sai?
The Toyota Sai: about $160 a year less in New Zealand, $140 in Australia, £100 in the UK and $120 in the US than the Hyundai Sonata at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Hyundai Sonata or the Toyota Sai?
The Toyota Sai, at 4.5 L/100km (63 mpg UK, 52 mpg US) to the Hyundai Sonata's 5.0 L/100km (56 mpg UK, 47 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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