Subaru Forester vs Toyota Fielder
The Fielder costs less to run, by the official figures: about $1,070 a year less in New Zealand, $890 in Australia, £650 in the UK and $820 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
- $2,005
- $938 (better)
- Australia
- $1,663
- $777 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £1,218
- £570 (better)
- United States
- $1,549
- $725 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 6.2 L/100km
- 2.9 L/100km (better)
- UK
- 46 mpg
- 97 mpg (better)
- US
- 38 mpg
- 81 mpg (better)
- On a full tank
- 1,016 km
- 1,241 km (better)
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- 2,155 L
- –
- Towing, braked
- 1,800 kg
- –
- Length
- 4,625 mm
- 4,400 mm
- Weight
- 1,544 kg
- 1,140 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 2.5 L flat-4 petrol
- 1.5 L 4-cylinder petrol hybrid
- Power
- 134 kW (better)
- 74 kW
- Torque
- 239 Nm
- –
- Gearbox
- CVT
- CVT
- Drive
- AWD
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Euro NCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Airbags
- 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.
Forester or Fielder?
Which is cheaper to run, the Subaru Forester or the Toyota Fielder?
The Toyota Fielder: about $1,070 a year less in New Zealand, $890 in Australia, £650 in the UK and $820 in the US than the Subaru Forester at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Subaru Forester or the Toyota Fielder?
The Toyota Fielder, at 2.9 L/100km (97 mpg UK, 81 mpg US) to the Subaru Forester's 6.2 L/100km (46 mpg UK, 38 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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