Mazda CX-8 vs Toyota Venza
The CX-8 costs less to run, by the official figures: about $10 a year less in New Zealand, $10 in Australia, £10 in the UK and $10 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
- $1,940 (better)
- $1,950
- Australia
- $1,608 (better)
- $1,616
- United Kingdom
- £1,179 (better)
- £1,185
- United States
- $1,499 (better)
- $1,507
Official figures
- Uses
- 6.0 L/100km (better)
- 6.0 L/100km
- UK
- 47 mpg (better)
- 47 mpg
- US
- 39 mpg (better)
- 39 mpg
- On a full tank
- 1,233 km (better)
- 1,111 km
Space
- Seats
- 7
- 5
- Boot
- –
- 913 L
- Towing, braked
- 2,000 kg
- –
- Length
- 4,900 mm
- 4,801 mm
- Weight
- –
- 1,782 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 2.2 L 4-cylinder twin-turbo diesel
- 2.7 L 4-cylinder petrol
- Power
- 140 kW
- 165 kW (better)
- Torque
- 450 Nm (better)
- 291 Nm
- Gearbox
- 6-speed automatic
- 6-speed automatic
- Drive
- AWD
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
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.
CX-8 or Venza?
Which is cheaper to run, the Mazda CX-8 or the Toyota Venza?
The Mazda CX-8: about $10 a year less in New Zealand, $10 in Australia, £10 in the UK and $10 in the US than the Toyota Venza at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Mazda CX-8 or the Toyota Venza?
The Mazda CX-8, at 6.0 L/100km (47 mpg UK, 39 mpg US) to the Toyota Venza's 6.0 L/100km (47 mpg UK, 39 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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