Fiat Ducato vs Volkswagen Crafter
The Crafter costs less to run, by the official figures: about $1,330 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
- $3,325
- $1,990 (better)
- Australia
- $2,759
- $2,458 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £2,020
- £1,739 (better)
- United States
- $2,568 (better)
- $2,751
Official figures
- Uses
- 10.3 L/100km
- 7.7 L/100km (better)
- On a full tank
- 875 km
- 970 km (better)
Space
- Seats
- 3
- 3
- Length
- 5,413 mm
- 5,986 mm
- Weight
- –
- 2,090 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 2.2 L 4-cylinder turbo diesel
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder turbo diesel
- Power
- 103 kW
- 103 kW
- Torque
- 350 Nm (better)
- 340 Nm
- Gearbox
- 6-speed manual
- 6-speed manual
- Drive
- FWD
- FWD
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.
Ducato or Crafter?
Which is cheaper to run, the Fiat Ducato or the Volkswagen Crafter?
The Volkswagen Crafter: about $1,330 a year less in New Zealand than the Fiat Ducato at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Fiat Ducato or the Volkswagen Crafter?
The Volkswagen Crafter, at 7.7 L/100km (37 mpg UK, 30 mpg US) to the Fiat Ducato's 10.3 L/100km (27 mpg UK, 23 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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