Holden Colorado vs Volkswagen Amarok
The Amarok costs less to run, by the official figures: about $70 a year less in New Zealand, $80 in Australia, £60 in the UK and $90 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
- $2,219
- $2,152 (better)
- Australia
- $2,738
- $2,656 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £1,939
- £1,881 (better)
- United States
- $3,068
- $2,975 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 8.6 L/100km
- 8.4 L/100km (better)
- UK
- 33 mpg
- 34 mpg (better)
- US
- 27 mpg
- 28 mpg (better)
- On a full tank
- 882 km
- 957 km (better)
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Towing, braked
- 3,500 kg (better)
- 3,000 kg
- Length
- 5,347 mm
- 5,181 mm
- Weight
- 1,972 kg
- 1,901 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 2.8 L 4-cylinder turbo-diesel
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder twin-turbo diesel
- Power
- 147 kW (better)
- 132 kW
- Torque
- 500 Nm (better)
- 420 Nm
- Gearbox
- 6-speed automatic
- 8-speed automatic
- Drive
- 4WD
- RWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- ★★★★★
- Euro NCAP
- –
- ★★★★☆
- Airbags
- 7 (better)
- 4
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.
Colorado or Amarok?
Which is cheaper to run, the Holden Colorado or the Volkswagen Amarok?
The Volkswagen Amarok: about $70 a year less in New Zealand, $80 in Australia, £60 in the UK and $90 in the US than the Holden Colorado at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Holden Colorado or the Volkswagen Amarok?
The Volkswagen Amarok, at 8.4 L/100km (34 mpg UK, 28 mpg US) to the Holden Colorado's 8.6 L/100km (33 mpg UK, 27 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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