Toyota Hiace vs Volkswagen Crafter
The Crafter costs less to run, by the official figures: about $570 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
- $2,558
- $1,990 (better)
- Australia
- $2,120 (better)
- $2,458
- United Kingdom
- £1,554 (better)
- £1,739
- United States
- $1,976 (better)
- $2,751
Official figures
- Uses
- 7.9 L/100km
- 7.7 L/100km (better)
- On a full tank
- 885 km
- 970 km (better)
Space
- Seats
- 2
- 3
- Towing, braked
- 1,500 kg
- –
- Length
- 5,265 mm
- 5,986 mm
- Weight
- 2,225 kg
- 2,090 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 2.8 L 4-cylinder turbo-diesel
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder turbo diesel
- Power
- 130 kW (better)
- 103 kW
- Torque
- 450 Nm (better)
- 340 Nm
- Gearbox
- 6-speed automatic
- 6-speed manual
- Drive
- RWD
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★☆☆
- –
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.
Hiace or Crafter?
Which is cheaper to run, the Toyota Hiace or the Volkswagen Crafter?
The Volkswagen Crafter: about $570 a year less in New Zealand than the Toyota Hiace at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Toyota Hiace or the Volkswagen Crafter?
The Volkswagen Crafter, at 7.7 L/100km (37 mpg UK, 30 mpg US) to the Toyota Hiace's 7.9 L/100km (36 mpg UK, 30 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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