Suzuki Swift vs Toyota Spade
The Spade costs less to run, by the official figures: about $40 a year less in the US.
Side by side
Specs are for each car's newest version. The better figure is in green.
A typical year's fuel
- United States
- $1,169
- $1,124 (better)
- New Zealand
- $1,514
- $1,455 (better)
- Australia
- $1,255
- $1,206 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £919
- £884 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 50 mpg
- 52 mpg (better)
- Also
- 4.7 L/100km
- 4.5 L/100km (better)
- On a full tank
- 491 miles
- 580 miles (better)
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- 265 L
- –
- Length
- 3,840 mm
- 3,995 mm
- Weight
- 875 kg
- 1,130 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 1.2 L 4-cylinder petrol
- 1.5 L 4-cylinder petrol
- Power
- 66 kW
- 80 kW (better)
- Torque
- 120 Nm
- 141 Nm (better)
- Gearbox
- CVT
- CVT
- Drive
- FWD
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Euro NCAP
- ★★★☆☆
- –
- Airbags
- 6
- –
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.
Swift or Spade?
Which is cheaper to run, the Suzuki Swift or the Toyota Spade?
The Toyota Spade: about $40 a year less in the US than the Suzuki Swift at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Suzuki Swift or the Toyota Spade?
The Toyota Spade, at 4.5 L/100km (63 mpg UK, 52 mpg US) to the Suzuki Swift's 4.7 L/100km (60 mpg UK, 50 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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