Citroën DS5 vs Toyota Spade
The DS5 costs less to run, by the official figures: about $30 a year less in New Zealand, $30 in Australia, £20 in the UK and $20 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
- $1,423 (better)
- $1,455
- Australia
- $1,177 (better)
- $1,205
- United Kingdom
- £864 (better)
- £884
- United States
- $1,099 (better)
- $1,124
Official figures
- Uses
- 4.4 L/100km (better)
- 4.5 L/100km
- UK
- 64 mpg (better)
- 63 mpg
- US
- 53 mpg (better)
- 52 mpg
- On a full tank
- 1,364 km (better)
- 933 km
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Length
- 4,530 mm
- 3,995 mm
- Weight
- –
- 1,130 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder turbo diesel
- 1.5 L 4-cylinder petrol
- Power
- 120 kW (better)
- 80 kW
- Torque
- 340 Nm (better)
- 141 Nm
- Gearbox
- 6-speed manual
- CVT
- Drive
- FWD
- FWD
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.
DS5 or Spade?
Which is cheaper to run, the Citroën DS5 or the Toyota Spade?
The Citroën DS5: about $30 a year less in New Zealand, $30 in Australia, £20 in the UK and $20 in the US than the Toyota Spade at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Citroën DS5 or the Toyota Spade?
The Citroën DS5, 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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