Ford Transit vs Volkswagen Transporter
The Transit costs less to run, by the official figures: about $420 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
- $2,167 (better)
- $2,587
- Australia
- $1,795 (better)
- $2,144
- United Kingdom
- £1,316 (better)
- £1,572
- United States
- $1,674 (better)
- $1,999
Official figures
- Uses
- 6.7 L/100km (better)
- 8.0 L/100km
- On a full tank
- 1,194 km (better)
- 875 km
Space
- Seats
- 3
- 3
- Towing, braked
- 2,750 kg
- –
- Length
- 5,981 mm
- 4,904 mm
Engine
- Engine
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder turbo diesel
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder turbo-diesel
- Power
- 96 kW (better)
- 81 kW
- Torque
- 360 Nm (better)
- 250 Nm
- Gearbox
- 6-speed manual
- 5-speed manual
- Drive
- RWD
- 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.
Transit or Transporter?
Which is cheaper to run, the Ford Transit or the Volkswagen Transporter?
The Ford Transit: about $420 a year less in New Zealand than the Volkswagen Transporter at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Ford Transit or the Volkswagen Transporter?
The Ford Transit, at 6.7 L/100km (42 mpg UK, 35 mpg US) to the Volkswagen Transporter's 8.0 L/100km (35 mpg UK, 29 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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