Holden Trax vs Kia Sportage
The Trax 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
- $2,167 (better)
- $2,173
- Australia
- $1,792 (better)
- $1,798
- United Kingdom
- £1,316 (better)
- £1,320
- United States
- $1,674 (better)
- $1,679
Official figures
- Uses
- 6.7 L/100km (better)
- 6.7 L/100km
- UK
- 42 mpg (better)
- 42 mpg
- US
- 35 mpg (better)
- 35 mpg
- On a full tank
- 776 km
- 804 km (better)
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- –
- 543 L
- Towing, braked
- –
- 1,650 kg
- Length
- 4,248 mm
- 4,660 mm
- Weight
- –
- 1,571 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 1.4 L 4-cylinder turbo petrol
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder naturally aspirated petrol
- Power
- 103 kW
- 115 kW (better)
- Torque
- 200 Nm (better)
- 192 Nm
- Gearbox
- 6-speed automatic
- 6-speed automatic
- Drive
- FWD
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- ★★★★★
- Euro NCAP
- –
- ★★★★★
- Airbags
- –
- 7
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.
Trax or Sportage?
Which is cheaper to run, the Holden Trax or the Kia Sportage?
The Holden Trax: about $10 a year less in New Zealand and $10 in Australia than the Kia Sportage at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Holden Trax or the Kia Sportage?
The Holden Trax, at 6.7 L/100km (42 mpg UK, 35 mpg US) to the Kia Sportage's 6.7 L/100km (42 mpg UK, 35 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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