Ford Explorer vs Volkswagen R32
The Explorer costs less to run, by the official figures: about $180 a year less in New Zealand, $150 in Australia, £110 in the UK and $140 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
- $3,622 (better)
- $3,803
- Australia
- $3,001 (better)
- $3,150
- United Kingdom
- £2,200 (better)
- £2,310
- United States
- $2,798 (better)
- $2,938
Official figures
- Uses
- 11.2 L/100km (better)
- 11.8 L/100km
- UK
- 25 mpg (better)
- 24 mpg
- US
- 21 mpg (better)
- 20 mpg
- On a full tank
- 605 km
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Space
- Seats
- 7
- –
- Boot
- 515 L
- –
- Towing, braked
- 2,404 kg
- –
- Length
- 5,050 mm
- –
- Weight
- 1,971 kg
- –
Engine
- Engine
- 2.3 L turbocharged inline-4 petrol
- –
- Power
- 224 kW
- –
- Torque
- 420 Nm
- –
- Gearbox
- 10-speed automatic
- –
- Drive
- RWD
- –
Safety
- Airbags
- 8
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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.
Explorer or R32?
Which is cheaper to run, the Ford Explorer or the Volkswagen R32?
The Ford Explorer: about $180 a year less in New Zealand, $150 in Australia, £110 in the UK and $140 in the US than the Volkswagen R32 at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Ford Explorer or the Volkswagen R32?
The Ford Explorer, at 11.2 L/100km (25 mpg UK, 21 mpg US) to the Volkswagen R32's 11.8 L/100km (24 mpg UK, 20 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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