Nissan Leaf vs Smart fortwo
The Leaf costs less to run, by the official figures: about $80 a year less in New Zealand, $70 in Australia, £50 in the UK and $70 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
- $800 (better)
- $880
- Australia
- $683 (better)
- $751
- United Kingdom
- £519 (better)
- £571
- United States
- $729 (better)
- $802
Official figures
- Uses
- 18.6 kWh/100km (better)
- 20.5 kWh/100km
- UK
- 3.3 mi/kWh (better)
- 3.0 mi/kWh
- US
- 112 MPGe (better)
- 102 MPGe
- Range
- 463 km (better)
- 93 km
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 2
- Boot
- 435 L
- –
- Towing, braked
- 0 kg
- –
- Length
- 4,490 mm
- 2,695 mm
- Weight
- 1,580 kg
- –
Engine
- Engine
- Single electric motor
- 1.0 L 3-cylinder petrol
- Power
- 110 kW (better)
- 52 kW
- Torque
- 320 Nm (better)
- 91 Nm
- Gearbox
- Single-speed reduction gear
- 5-speed manual
- Drive
- FWD
- RWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Euro NCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Airbags
- 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.
Leaf or fortwo?
Which is cheaper to run, the Nissan Leaf or the Smart fortwo?
The Nissan Leaf: about $80 a year less in New Zealand, $70 in Australia, £50 in the UK and $70 in the US than the Smart fortwo at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
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