Renault Trafic vs Volkswagen Crafter
The Trafic costs less to run, by the official figures: about $320 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
- $1,673 (better)
- $1,990
- Australia
- $2,067 (better)
- $2,458
- United Kingdom
- £1,462 (better)
- £1,739
- United States
- $2,313 (better)
- $2,751
Official figures
- Uses
- 6.5 L/100km (better)
- 7.7 L/100km
- On a full tank
- 1,231 km (better)
- 970 km
Space
- Seats
- 3
- 3
- Length
- 4,999 mm
- 5,986 mm
- Weight
- –
- 2,090 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder turbo diesel
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder turbo diesel
- Power
- 96 kW
- 103 kW (better)
- Torque
- 380 Nm (better)
- 340 Nm
- Gearbox
- 6-speed manual
- 6-speed manual
- Drive
- FWD
- 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.
Trafic or Crafter?
Which is cheaper to run, the Renault Trafic or the Volkswagen Crafter?
The Renault Trafic: about $320 a year less in New Zealand than the Volkswagen Crafter at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Renault Trafic or the Volkswagen Crafter?
The Renault Trafic, at 6.5 L/100km (43 mpg UK, 36 mpg US) to the Volkswagen Crafter's 7.7 L/100km (37 mpg UK, 30 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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