Toyota Alphard vs Volkswagen Sharan
The Alphard costs less to run, by the official figures: about $590 a year less in New Zealand, $480 in Australia, £360 in the UK and $450 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
- $1,840 (better)
- $2,426
- Australia
- $1,525 (better)
- $2,010
- United Kingdom
- £1,118 (better)
- £1,474
- United States
- $1,422 (better)
- $1,874
Official figures
- Uses
- 5.7 L/100km (better)
- 7.5 L/100km
- UK
- 50 mpg (better)
- 38 mpg
- US
- 41 mpg (better)
- 31 mpg
- On a full tank
- 1,318 km (better)
- 933 km
Space
- Seats
- 7
- 7
- Length
- 4,945 mm
- 4,854 mm
- Weight
- 1,900 kg
- 1,650 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 2.5 L 4-cylinder petrol
- 1.4 L 4-cylinder turbo petrol
- Power
- 134 kW (better)
- 110 kW
- Torque
- 235 Nm
- 250 Nm (better)
- Gearbox
- CVT
- 6-speed manual
- Drive
- FWD
- FWD
Safety
- 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.
Alphard or Sharan?
Which is cheaper to run, the Toyota Alphard or the Volkswagen Sharan?
The Toyota Alphard: about $590 a year less in New Zealand, $480 in Australia, £360 in the UK and $450 in the US than the Volkswagen Sharan at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Toyota Alphard or the Volkswagen Sharan?
The Toyota Alphard, at 5.7 L/100km (50 mpg UK, 41 mpg US) to the Volkswagen Sharan's 7.5 L/100km (38 mpg UK, 31 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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