Chevrolet Silverado 1500 vs Nissan Frontier
The Frontier costs less to run, by the official figures: about $50 a year less in New Zealand, $40 in Australia, £30 in the UK and $30 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
- New Zealand
- $4,049
- $4,004 (better)
- Australia
- $3,349
- $3,312 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £2,460
- £2,432 (better)
- United States
- $3,128
- $3,093 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 12.5 L/100km
- 12.4 L/100km (better)
- UK
- 23 mpg
- 23 mpg (better)
- US
- 19 mpg
- 19 mpg (better)
- On a full tank
- 719 km
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Space
- Seats
- 6
- –
- Boot
- 1,613 L
- –
- Towing, braked
- 4,300 kg
- –
- Length
- 6,132 mm
- –
- Weight
- 2,273 kg
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Engine
- Engine
- 5.3 L V8 petrol
- –
- Power
- 265 kW
- –
- Torque
- 519 Nm
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- Gearbox
- 10-speed automatic
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- Drive
- 4WD
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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.
Silverado 1500 or Frontier?
Which is cheaper to run, the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 or the Nissan Frontier?
The Nissan Frontier: about $50 a year less in New Zealand, $40 in Australia, £30 in the UK and $30 in the US than the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 or the Nissan Frontier?
The Nissan Frontier, at 12.4 L/100km (23 mpg UK, 19 mpg US) to the Chevrolet Silverado 1500's 12.5 L/100km (23 mpg UK, 19 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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