Ford Focus vs Mazda Verisa
The Focus 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
- $1,730 (better)
- $1,746
- Australia
- $1,434 (better)
- $1,448
- United Kingdom
- £1,051 (better)
- £1,061
- United States
- $1,337 (better)
- $1,349
Official figures
- Uses
- 5.4 L/100km (better)
- 5.4 L/100km
- On a full tank
- 972 km
- –
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- 375 L
- –
- Length
- 4,378 mm
- –
- Weight
- 1,322 kg
- –
Engine
- Engine
- 1.0 L 3-cylinder turbo petrol
- 1.5 L 4-cylinder petrol
- Power
- 92 kW (better)
- 81 kW
- Torque
- 170 Nm (better)
- 143 Nm
- Gearbox
- 6-speed manual
- 4-speed automatic
- Drive
- FWD
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Euro NCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Airbags
- 6
- –
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.
Focus or Verisa?
Which is cheaper to run, the Ford Focus or the Mazda Verisa?
The Ford Focus: about $20 a year less in New Zealand than the Mazda Verisa at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Ford Focus or the Mazda Verisa?
The Ford Focus, at 5.4 L/100km (53 mpg UK, 44 mpg US) to the Mazda Verisa's 5.4 L/100km (52 mpg UK, 44 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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