Nissan Lafesta vs Toyota Spacio
The Lafesta costs less to run, by the official figures: about $20 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
- $2,092 (better)
- $2,109
- Australia
- $1,731 (better)
- $1,744
- United Kingdom
- £1,271 (better)
- £1,281
- United States
- $1,617 (better)
- $1,629
Official figures
- Uses
- 6.5 L/100km (better)
- 6.5 L/100km
- UK
- 44 mpg (better)
- 43 mpg
- US
- 36 mpg (better)
- 36 mpg
- On a full tank
- 927 km (better)
- 767 km
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 7
- Length
- 4,540 mm
- 4,260 mm
- Weight
- 1,400 kg
- 1,150 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder petrol
- 1.5 L 4-cylinder petrol
- Power
- 100 kW (better)
- 81 kW
- Torque
- 191 Nm (better)
- 141 Nm
- Gearbox
- CVT
- 4-speed automatic
- Drive
- FWD
- FWD
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.
Lafesta or Spacio?
Which is cheaper to run, the Nissan Lafesta or the Toyota Spacio?
The Nissan Lafesta: about $20 a year less in New Zealand, $10 in Australia, £10 in the UK and $10 in the US than the Toyota Spacio at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Nissan Lafesta or the Toyota Spacio?
The Nissan Lafesta, at 6.5 L/100km (44 mpg UK, 36 mpg US) to the Toyota Spacio's 6.5 L/100km (43 mpg UK, 36 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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