Hyundai Elantra vs Toyota Camry
The Camry costs less to run, by the official figures: about $200 a year less in New Zealand, $170 in Australia, £120 in the UK and $160 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
- $1,520
- $1,316 (better)
- Australia
- $1,257
- $1,089 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £923
- £800 (better)
- United States
- $1,174
- $1,017 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 4.7 L/100km
- 4.1 L/100km (better)
- UK
- 60 mpg
- 69 mpg (better)
- US
- 50 mpg
- 58 mpg (better)
- On a full tank
- 1,000 km
- 1,229 km (better)
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- 458 L
- 524 L (better)
- Towing, braked
- 1,200 kg (better)
- 400 kg
- Length
- 4,620 mm
- 4,885 mm
- Weight
- 1,302 kg
- 1,565 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder naturally aspirated petrol
- 2.5 L 4-cylinder petrol hybrid
- Power
- 112 kW
- 170 kW (better)
- Torque
- 192 Nm
- 221 Nm (better)
- Gearbox
- CVT
- Electronic continuously variable transmission (CVT)
- Drive
- FWD
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- ★★★★★
- Airbags
- 7
- 8 (better)
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.
Elantra or Camry?
Which is cheaper to run, the Hyundai Elantra or the Toyota Camry?
The Toyota Camry: about $200 a year less in New Zealand, $170 in Australia, £120 in the UK and $160 in the US than the Hyundai Elantra at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Hyundai Elantra or the Toyota Camry?
The Toyota Camry, at 4.1 L/100km (69 mpg UK, 58 mpg US) to the Hyundai Elantra's 4.7 L/100km (60 mpg UK, 50 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
Which has the bigger boot, the Hyundai Elantra or the Toyota Camry?
The Toyota Camry, at 524 L to the Hyundai Elantra's 458 L, for their newest versions.
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