Nissan Note vs Toyota Vitz
The Vitz costs less to run, by the official figures: about $190 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
- $1,132
- $938 (better)
- Australia
- $938
- $777 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £688
- £570 (better)
- United States
- $874
- $725 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 3.5 L/100km
- 2.9 L/100km (better)
- On a full tank
- 1,029 km
- 1,448 km (better)
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- 280 L
- –
- Length
- 4,045 mm
- 3,945 mm
- Weight
- 1,230 kg
- 970 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 1.2 L 3-cylinder petrol engine (series hybrid; drives generator)
- 1.0 L 3-cylinder petrol
- Power
- 85 kW (better)
- 51 kW
- Torque
- 280 Nm (better)
- 92 Nm
- Gearbox
- Single-speed reduction gear
- CVT
- Drive
- FWD
- FWD
Safety
- Euro NCAP
- ★★★★☆
- –
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.
Note or Vitz?
Which is cheaper to run, the Nissan Note or the Toyota Vitz?
The Toyota Vitz: about $190 a year less in New Zealand than the Nissan Note at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Nissan Note or the Toyota Vitz?
The Toyota Vitz, at 2.9 L/100km (97 mpg UK, 81 mpg US) to the Nissan Note's 3.5 L/100km (81 mpg UK, 67 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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