Chrysler Pacifica vs Volkswagen Sharan
The Sharan costs less to run, by the official figures: about $1,380 a year less in New Zealand, $1,140 in Australia, £840 in the UK and $1,060 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
- $3,803
- $2,426 (better)
- Australia
- $3,146
- $2,006 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £2,310
- £1,474 (better)
- United States
- $2,938
- $1,874 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 11.8 L/100km
- 7.5 L/100km (better)
- UK
- 24 mpg
- 38 mpg (better)
- US
- 20 mpg
- 31 mpg (better)
- On a full tank
- 531 km
- 933 km (better)
Space
- Seats
- 7
- 7
- Boot
- 914 L
- –
- Length
- 5,189 mm
- 4,854 mm
- Weight
- 2,273 kg
- 1,650 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 3.6 L V6 petrol with two electric motors (plug-in hybrid)
- 1.4 L 4-cylinder turbo petrol
- Power
- 194 kW (better)
- 110 kW
- Torque
- 355 Nm (better)
- 250 Nm
- Gearbox
- EFlite electrically variable transmission (EVT)
- 6-speed manual
- Drive
- FWD
- FWD
Safety
- Euro NCAP
- –
- ★★★★★
- Airbags
- 7
- –
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.
Pacifica or Sharan?
Which is cheaper to run, the Chrysler Pacifica or the Volkswagen Sharan?
The Volkswagen Sharan: about $1,380 a year less in New Zealand, $1,140 in Australia, £840 in the UK and $1,060 in the US than the Chrysler Pacifica at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Chrysler Pacifica or the Volkswagen Sharan?
The Volkswagen Sharan, at 7.5 L/100km (38 mpg UK, 31 mpg US) to the Chrysler Pacifica's 11.8 L/100km (24 mpg UK, 20 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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