Toyota Spade vs Volkswagen Beetle
The Beetle costs less to run, by the official figures: about £20 a year less in the UK.
Side by side
Specs are for each car's newest version. The better figure is in green.
A typical year's fuel
- United Kingdom
- £884
- £864 (better)
- New Zealand
- $1,455
- $1,423 (better)
- Australia
- $1,206
- $1,180 (better)
- United States
- $1,124
- $1,099 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 63 mpg
- 64 mpg (better)
- Also
- 4.5 L/100km
- 4.4 L/100km (better)
- On a full tank
- 580 miles
- 777 miles (better)
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 4
- Boot
- –
- 310 L
- Length
- 3,995 mm
- 4,278 mm
- Weight
- 1,130 kg
- 1,250 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 1.5 L 4-cylinder petrol
- 1.2 L 4-cylinder turbo petrol
- Power
- 80 kW (better)
- 77 kW
- Torque
- 141 Nm
- 175 Nm (better)
- Gearbox
- CVT
- 6-speed manual
- 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.
Spade or Beetle?
Which is cheaper to run, the Toyota Spade or the Volkswagen Beetle?
The Volkswagen Beetle: about £20 a year less in the UK than the Toyota Spade at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Toyota Spade or the Volkswagen Beetle?
The Volkswagen Beetle, at 4.4 L/100km (64 mpg UK, 53 mpg US) to the Toyota Spade's 4.5 L/100km (63 mpg UK, 52 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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