Audi SQ5 vs Nissan Pathfinder
The SQ5 costs less to run, by the official figures: about $90 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
- $3,308 (better)
- $3,396
- Australia
- $2,741 (better)
- $2,815
- United Kingdom
- £2,010 (better)
- £2,063
- United States
- $2,556 (better)
- $2,623
Official figures
- Uses
- 10.2 L/100km (better)
- 10.5 L/100km
- On a full tank
- 684 km (better)
- 667 km
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 8
- Boot
- 501 L (better)
- 470 L
- Towing, braked
- –
- 1,588 kg
- Length
- 4,671 mm
- 5,022 mm
- Weight
- 1,995 kg
- 1,958 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 3.0 L V6 turbo petrol
- 3.5 L V6 petrol
- Power
- 260 kW (better)
- 212 kW
- Torque
- 500 Nm (better)
- 351 Nm
- Gearbox
- 8-speed automatic
- 9-speed automatic
- Drive
- AWD
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- ★★★★★
- Euro NCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Airbags
- –
- 10
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.
SQ5 or Pathfinder?
Which is cheaper to run, the Audi SQ5 or the Nissan Pathfinder?
The Audi SQ5: about $90 a year less in New Zealand than the Nissan Pathfinder at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Audi SQ5 or the Nissan Pathfinder?
The Audi SQ5, at 10.2 L/100km (28 mpg UK, 23 mpg US) to the Nissan Pathfinder's 10.5 L/100km (27 mpg UK, 22 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
Which has the bigger boot, the Audi SQ5 or the Nissan Pathfinder?
The Audi SQ5, at 501 L to the Nissan Pathfinder's 470 L, for their newest versions.
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