Ford Escape vs Nissan Clipper
The Escape costs less to run, by the official figures: about $10 a year less in New Zealand and $10 in Australia.
Side by side
Specs are for each car's newest version. The better figure is in green.
A typical year's fuel
- New Zealand
- $1,785 (better)
- $1,792
- Australia
- $1,477 (better)
- $1,483
- United Kingdom
- £1,085 (better)
- £1,088
- United States
- $1,379 (better)
- $1,384
Official figures
- Uses
- 5.5 L/100km (better)
- 5.5 L/100km
- UK
- 51 mpg (better)
- 51 mpg
- US
- 43 mpg (better)
- 42 mpg
- On a full tank
- 978 km
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Space
- Seats
- 5
- –
- Boot
- 556 L
- –
- Towing, braked
- 1,600 kg
- –
- Length
- 4,614 mm
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- Weight
- 1,600 kg
- –
Engine
- Engine
- 1.5 L 3-cylinder turbo petrol
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- Power
- 134 kW
- –
- Torque
- 240 Nm
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- Gearbox
- 8-speed automatic
- –
- Drive
- FWD
- –
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Euro NCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Airbags
- 7
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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.
Escape or Clipper?
Which is cheaper to run, the Ford Escape or the Nissan Clipper?
The Ford Escape: about $10 a year less in New Zealand and $10 in Australia than the Nissan Clipper at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Ford Escape or the Nissan Clipper?
The Ford Escape, at 5.5 L/100km (51 mpg UK, 43 mpg US) to the Nissan Clipper's 5.5 L/100km (51 mpg UK, 42 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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