Dodge Journey vs Honda Element
The Journey costs less to run, by the official figures: about $260 a year less in New Zealand, $210 in Australia, £160 in the UK and $200 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
- $3,363 (better)
- $3,622
- Australia
- $2,787 (better)
- $3,000
- United Kingdom
- £2,043 (better)
- £2,200
- United States
- $2,598 (better)
- $2,798
Official figures
- Uses
- 10.4 L/100km (better)
- 11.2 L/100km
- UK
- 27 mpg (better)
- 25 mpg
- US
- 23 mpg (better)
- 21 mpg
- On a full tank
- 750 km (better)
- 536 km
Space
- Seats
- 7
- 5
- Towing, braked
- 1,100 kg
- –
- Length
- 4,888 mm
- 4,300 mm
- Weight
- 1,780 kg
- –
Engine
- Engine
- 2.4 L 4-cylinder petrol
- 2.4 L 4-cylinder petrol
- Power
- 127 kW (better)
- 119 kW
- Torque
- 225 Nm (better)
- 217 Nm
- Gearbox
- 4-speed automatic
- 5-speed manual
- 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.
Journey or Element?
Which is cheaper to run, the Dodge Journey or the Honda Element?
The Dodge Journey: about $260 a year less in New Zealand, $210 in Australia, £160 in the UK and $200 in the US than the Honda Element at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Dodge Journey or the Honda Element?
The Dodge Journey, at 10.4 L/100km (27 mpg UK, 23 mpg US) to the Honda Element's 11.2 L/100km (25 mpg UK, 21 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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