Holden Trailblazer vs Kia Seltos
The Trailblazer costs less to run, by the official figures: about $500 a year less in New Zealand.
Side by side
Specs are for each car's newest version. The better figure is in green.
A typical year's fuel
- New Zealand
- $2,214 (better)
- $2,717
- Australia
- $2,732
- $2,247 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £1,935
- £1,650 (better)
- United States
- $3,061
- $2,099 (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
- 884 km (better)
- 595 km
Space
- Seats
- 7
- 5
- Boot
- –
- 468 L
- Towing, braked
- 3,000 kg (better)
- 1,100 kg
- Length
- 4,887 mm
- 4,370 mm
- Weight
- 2,125 kg
- 1,355 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 2.8 L 4-cylinder turbo diesel
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder petrol
- Power
- 147 kW (better)
- 110 kW
- Torque
- 500 Nm (better)
- 180 Nm
- Gearbox
- 6-speed automatic
- Continuously variable transmission (CVT)
- Drive
- 4WD
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- –
- ★★★★★
- 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.
Trailblazer or Seltos?
Which is cheaper to run, the Holden Trailblazer or the Kia Seltos?
The Holden Trailblazer: about $500 a year less in New Zealand than the Kia Seltos at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Holden Trailblazer or the Kia Seltos?
The Kia Seltos, at 8.4 L/100km (34 mpg UK, 28 mpg US) to the Holden Trailblazer's 8.6 L/100km (33 mpg UK, 27 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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