Toyota Hiace vs Volkswagen Transporter
The Hiace costs less to run, by the official figures: about $20 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
- $1,976 (better)
- $1,999
- New Zealand
- $2,558 (better)
- $2,587
- Australia
- $2,120 (better)
- $2,144
- United Kingdom
- £1,554 (better)
- £1,572
Official figures
- Uses
- 30 mpg (better)
- 29 mpg
- Also
- 7.9 L/100km (better)
- 8.0 L/100km
- On a full tank
- 550 miles (better)
- 544 miles
Space
- Seats
- 2
- 3
- Towing, braked
- 1,500 kg
- –
- Length
- 5,265 mm
- 4,904 mm
- Weight
- 2,225 kg
- –
Engine
- Engine
- 2.8 L 4-cylinder turbo-diesel
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder turbo-diesel
- Power
- 130 kW (better)
- 81 kW
- Torque
- 450 Nm (better)
- 250 Nm
- Gearbox
- 6-speed automatic
- 5-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 Transporter?
Which is cheaper to run, the Toyota Hiace or the Volkswagen Transporter?
The Toyota Hiace: about $20 a year less in the US than the Volkswagen Transporter at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Toyota Hiace or the Volkswagen Transporter?
The Toyota Hiace, at 7.9 L/100km (36 mpg UK, 30 mpg US) to the Volkswagen Transporter's 8.0 L/100km (35 mpg UK, 29 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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