Kia Soul vs Mazda 323
The Soul costs less to run, by the official figures: about $80 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
- $2,535 (better)
- $2,620
- Australia
- $2,102 (better)
- $2,174
- United Kingdom
- £1,540 (better)
- £1,591
- United States
- $1,959 (better)
- $2,024
Official figures
- Uses
- 7.8 L/100km (better)
- 8.1 L/100km
- On a full tank
- 689 km
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Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- 364 L
- –
- Length
- 4,195 mm
- –
- Weight
- 1,300 kg
- –
Engine
- Engine
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder petrol
- 1.6 L 4-cylinder petrol
- Power
- 110 kW (better)
- 78 kW
- Torque
- 179 Nm
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- Gearbox
- CVT
- 5-speed manual
- 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.
Soul or 323?
Which is cheaper to run, the Kia Soul or the Mazda 323?
The Kia Soul: about $80 a year less in New Zealand than the Mazda 323 at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Kia Soul or the Mazda 323?
The Kia Soul, at 7.8 L/100km (36 mpg UK, 30 mpg US) to the Mazda 323's 8.1 L/100km (35 mpg UK, 29 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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