Honda CR-V vs Subaru Sambar
The CR-V costs less to run, by the official figures: about $290 a year less in New Zealand, $240 in Australia, £180 in the UK and $220 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
- $1,779 (better)
- $2,070
- Australia
- $1,474 (better)
- $1,715
- United Kingdom
- £1,081 (better)
- £1,257
- United States
- $1,374 (better)
- $1,599
Official figures
- Uses
- 5.5 L/100km (better)
- 6.4 L/100km
- UK
- 51 mpg (better)
- 44 mpg
- US
- 43 mpg (better)
- 37 mpg
- On a full tank
- 1,036 km
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Space
- Seats
- 5
- –
- Boot
- 589 L
- –
- Towing, braked
- 1,500 kg
- –
- Length
- 4,694 mm
- –
- Weight
- 1,570 kg
- –
Engine
- Engine
- 1.5 L 4-cylinder turbo petrol
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- Power
- 140 kW
- –
- Torque
- 240 Nm
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- Gearbox
- CVT
- –
- Drive
- FWD
- –
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Euro NCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- 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.
CR-V or Sambar?
Which is cheaper to run, the Honda CR-V or the Subaru Sambar?
The Honda CR-V: about $290 a year less in New Zealand, $240 in Australia, £180 in the UK and $220 in the US than the Subaru Sambar at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Honda CR-V or the Subaru Sambar?
The Honda CR-V, at 5.5 L/100km (51 mpg UK, 43 mpg US) to the Subaru Sambar's 6.4 L/100km (44 mpg UK, 37 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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