Daihatsu Copen vs Toyota Corolla
The Corolla costs less to run, by the official figures: about $20 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
- $1,294
- $1,277 (better)
- Australia
- $1,072
- $1,058 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £786
- £776 (better)
- United States
- $999
- $987 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 4.0 L/100km
- 4.0 L/100km (better)
- On a full tank
- –
- 1,089 km
Space
- Seats
- –
- 5
- Boot
- –
- 217 L
- Towing, braked
- –
- 1,300 kg
- Length
- –
- 4,375 mm
- Weight
- –
- 1,370 kg
Engine
- Engine
- –
- 1.8 L 4-cylinder petrol-electric hybrid
- Power
- –
- 90 kW
- Torque
- –
- 142 Nm
- Gearbox
- –
- CVT automatic
- Drive
- –
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- –
- ★★★★★
- 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.
Copen or Corolla?
Which is cheaper to run, the Daihatsu Copen or the Toyota Corolla?
The Toyota Corolla: about $20 a year less in New Zealand than the Daihatsu Copen at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Daihatsu Copen or the Toyota Corolla?
The Toyota Corolla, at 4.0 L/100km (72 mpg UK, 60 mpg US) to the Daihatsu Copen's 4.0 L/100km (71 mpg UK, 59 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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