Toyota Tacoma vs Volkswagen Amarok
The Amarok costs less to run, by the official figures: about $1,250 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
- $3,308
- $2,059 (better)
- Australia
- $2,743
- $2,544 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £2,010
- £1,800 (better)
- United States
- $2,556 (better)
- $2,847
Official figures
- Uses
- 10.2 L/100km
- 8.0 L/100km (better)
- On a full tank
- 781 km
- 988 km (better)
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Towing, braked
- 1,588 kg
- 3,000 kg (better)
- Length
- 5,392 mm
- 5,192 mm
- Weight
- 1,833 kg
- 2,040 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 2.7 L 4-cylinder petrol
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder twin-turbo diesel
- Power
- 119 kW
- 157 kW (better)
- Torque
- 244 Nm
- 525 Nm (better)
- Gearbox
- 6-speed automatic
- 8-speed automatic
- Drive
- RWD
- 4WD
Safety
- ANCAP
- –
- ★★★★★
- Euro NCAP
- –
- ★★★★☆
- Airbags
- –
- 4
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.
Tacoma or Amarok?
Which is cheaper to run, the Toyota Tacoma or the Volkswagen Amarok?
The Volkswagen Amarok: about $1,250 a year less in New Zealand than the Toyota Tacoma at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Toyota Tacoma or the Volkswagen Amarok?
The Volkswagen Amarok, at 8.0 L/100km (35 mpg UK, 29 mpg US) to the Toyota Tacoma's 10.2 L/100km (28 mpg UK, 23 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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