Kia Carnival vs Volkswagen Sharan
The Carnival costs less to run, by the official figures: about $550 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
- $1,876 (better)
- $2,426
- Australia
- $1,554 (better)
- $2,010
- United Kingdom
- £1,140 (better)
- £1,474
- United States
- $1,449 (better)
- $1,874
Official figures
- Uses
- 5.8 L/100km (better)
- 7.5 L/100km
- On a full tank
- 1,362 km (better)
- 933 km
Space
- Seats
- 8
- 7
- Boot
- 960 L
- –
- Towing, braked
- 2,000 kg
- –
- Length
- 5,115 mm
- 4,854 mm
- Weight
- 2,136 kg
- 1,650 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 3.5 L V6 petrol
- 1.4 L 4-cylinder turbo petrol
- Power
- 216 kW (better)
- 110 kW
- Torque
- 355 Nm (better)
- 250 Nm
- Gearbox
- 8-speed automatic
- 6-speed manual
- Drive
- FWD
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Euro NCAP
- –
- ★★★★★
- 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.
Carnival or Sharan?
Which is cheaper to run, the Kia Carnival or the Volkswagen Sharan?
The Kia Carnival: about $550 a year less in New Zealand than the Volkswagen Sharan at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Kia Carnival or the Volkswagen Sharan?
The Kia Carnival, at 5.8 L/100km (49 mpg UK, 41 mpg US) to the Volkswagen Sharan's 7.5 L/100km (38 mpg UK, 31 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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