Kia Sportage vs Mazda CX-3
The CX-3 costs less to run, by the official figures: about $140 a year less in New Zealand, $110 in Australia, £80 in the UK and $100 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
- $2,173
- $2,037 (better)
- Australia
- $1,798
- $1,685 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £1,320
- £1,238 (better)
- United States
- $1,679
- $1,574 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 6.7 L/100km
- 6.3 L/100km (better)
- UK
- 42 mpg
- 45 mpg (better)
- US
- 35 mpg
- 37 mpg (better)
- On a full tank
- 804 km (better)
- 762 km
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- 543 L (better)
- 264 L
- Towing, braked
- 1,650 kg
- –
- Length
- 4,660 mm
- 4,275 mm
- Weight
- 1,571 kg
- 1,297 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder naturally aspirated petrol
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder naturally aspirated petrol
- Power
- 115 kW (better)
- 110 kW
- Torque
- 192 Nm
- 195 Nm (better)
- Gearbox
- 6-speed automatic
- 6-speed automatic
- Drive
- FWD
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- ★★★★★
- Euro NCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Airbags
- 7 (better)
- 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.
Sportage or CX-3?
Which is cheaper to run, the Kia Sportage or the Mazda CX-3?
The Mazda CX-3: about $140 a year less in New Zealand, $110 in Australia, £80 in the UK and $100 in the US than the Kia Sportage at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Kia Sportage or the Mazda CX-3?
The Mazda CX-3, at 6.3 L/100km (45 mpg UK, 37 mpg US) to the Kia Sportage's 6.7 L/100km (42 mpg UK, 35 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
Which has the bigger boot, the Kia Sportage or the Mazda CX-3?
The Kia Sportage, at 543 L to the Mazda CX-3's 264 L, for their newest versions.
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