Mazda BT-50 vs Mitsubishi Triton
The BT-50 costs less to run, by the official figures: about $470 a year less in New Zealand.
Side by side
Specs are for each car's newest version. The better figure is in green.
A typical year's fuel
- New Zealand
- $1,997 (better)
- $2,471
- Australia
- $2,468
- $2,047 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £1,746
- £1,501 (better)
- United States
- $2,762
- $1,909 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 7.8 L/100km
- 7.6 L/100km (better)
- UK
- 36 mpg
- 37 mpg (better)
- US
- 30 mpg
- 31 mpg (better)
- On a full tank
- 979 km
- 982 km (better)
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Towing, braked
- 3,500 kg (better)
- 3,100 kg
- Length
- 5,280 mm
- 5,280 mm
- Weight
- 2,040 kg
- 1,920 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 3.0 L 4-cylinder turbo diesel
- 2.4 L 4-cylinder turbo-diesel
- Power
- 140 kW (better)
- 133 kW
- Torque
- 450 Nm (better)
- 430 Nm
- Gearbox
- 6-speed automatic
- 5-speed automatic
- Drive
- 4WD
- 4WD
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- ★★★★★
- Airbags
- 8 (better)
- 7
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.
BT-50 or Triton?
Which is cheaper to run, the Mazda BT-50 or the Mitsubishi Triton?
The Mazda BT-50: about $470 a year less in New Zealand than the Mitsubishi Triton at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Mazda BT-50 or the Mitsubishi Triton?
The Mitsubishi Triton, at 7.6 L/100km (37 mpg UK, 31 mpg US) to the Mazda BT-50's 7.8 L/100km (36 mpg UK, 30 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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