Toyota Carib vs Volvo XC70
The XC70 costs less to run, by the official figures: about $180 a year less in New Zealand, $150 in Australia, £110 in the UK and $140 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
- $2,241
- $2,060 (better)
- Australia
- $1,858
- $1,708 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £1,362
- £1,252 (better)
- United States
- $1,731
- $1,592 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 6.9 L/100km
- 6.4 L/100km (better)
- UK
- 41 mpg
- 44 mpg (better)
- US
- 34 mpg
- 37 mpg (better)
- On a full tank
- 722 km
- 1,099 km (better)
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- –
- 530 L
- Length
- 4,280 mm
- 4,786 mm
- Weight
- 1,100 kg
- 1,822 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 1.6 L 4-cylinder petrol
- 3.2 L 6-cylinder petrol
- Power
- 83 kW
- 175 kW (better)
- Torque
- 145 Nm
- 381 Nm (better)
- Gearbox
- –
- 6-speed automatic
- Drive
- FWD
- AWD
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.
Carib or XC70?
Which is cheaper to run, the Toyota Carib or the Volvo XC70?
The Volvo XC70: about $180 a year less in New Zealand, $150 in Australia, £110 in the UK and $140 in the US than the Toyota Carib at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Toyota Carib or the Volvo XC70?
The Volvo XC70, at 6.4 L/100km (44 mpg UK, 37 mpg US) to the Toyota Carib's 6.9 L/100km (41 mpg UK, 34 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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