Hyundai Veloster vs Volkswagen Golf
The Veloster 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
- $2,238 (better)
- $2,257
- Australia
- $1,854 (better)
- $1,870
- United Kingdom
- £1,360 (better)
- £1,371
- United States
- $1,729 (better)
- $1,744
Official figures
- Uses
- 6.9 L/100km (better)
- 7.0 L/100km
- On a full tank
- 723 km (better)
- 716 km
Space
- Seats
- 4
- 5
- Boot
- 303 L
- 374 L (better)
- Towing, braked
- –
- 1,000 kg
- Length
- 4,240 mm
- 4,284 mm
- Weight
- 1,300 kg
- 1,300 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder petrol
- 1.4 L 4-cylinder turbo petrol
- Power
- 110 kW
- 110 kW
- Torque
- 179 Nm
- 250 Nm (better)
- Gearbox
- 6-speed automatic
- 8-speed automatic
- Drive
- FWD
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- ★★★★★
- Euro NCAP
- –
- ★★★★★
- Airbags
- 6
- 8 (better)
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.
Veloster or Golf?
Which is cheaper to run, the Hyundai Veloster or the Volkswagen Golf?
The Hyundai Veloster: about $20 a year less in New Zealand than the Volkswagen Golf at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Hyundai Veloster or the Volkswagen Golf?
The Hyundai Veloster, at 6.9 L/100km (41 mpg UK, 34 mpg US) to the Volkswagen Golf's 7.0 L/100km (40 mpg UK, 34 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
Which has the bigger boot, the Hyundai Veloster or the Volkswagen Golf?
The Volkswagen Golf, at 374 L to the Hyundai Veloster's 303 L, for their newest versions.
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