Subaru WRX vs Toyota Altezza
The WRX costs less to run, by the official figures: about $80 a year less in New Zealand, $70 in Australia, £50 in the UK and $60 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
- $2,820 (better)
- $2,901
- Australia
- $2,337 (better)
- $2,406
- United Kingdom
- £1,713 (better)
- £1,762
- United States
- $2,179 (better)
- $2,241
Official figures
- Uses
- 8.7 L/100km (better)
- 9.0 L/100km
- UK
- 32 mpg (better)
- 31 mpg
- US
- 27 mpg (better)
- 26 mpg
- On a full tank
- 722 km
- 725 km (better)
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Length
- 4,670 mm
- 4,400 mm
- Weight
- 1,519 kg
- –
Engine
- Engine
- 2.4 L turbocharged horizontally opposed 4-cylinder petrol
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder petrol
- Power
- 202 kW (better)
- 154 kW
- Torque
- 350 Nm (better)
- 206 Nm
- Gearbox
- 6-speed manual
- 6-speed manual
- Drive
- AWD
- RWD
Safety
- Airbags
- 8
- –
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.
WRX or Altezza?
Which is cheaper to run, the Subaru WRX or the Toyota Altezza?
The Subaru WRX: about $80 a year less in New Zealand, $70 in Australia, £50 in the UK and $60 in the US than the Toyota Altezza at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Subaru WRX or the Toyota Altezza?
The Subaru WRX, at 8.7 L/100km (32 mpg UK, 27 mpg US) to the Toyota Altezza's 9.0 L/100km (31 mpg UK, 26 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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