Subaru Forester vs Toyota Carib
The Forester costs less to run, by the official figures: about $240 a year less in New Zealand, $200 in Australia, £140 in the UK and $180 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
- $2,005 (better)
- $2,241
- Australia
- $1,659 (better)
- $1,854
- United Kingdom
- £1,218 (better)
- £1,362
- United States
- $1,549 (better)
- $1,731
Official figures
- Uses
- 6.2 L/100km (better)
- 6.9 L/100km
- UK
- 46 mpg (better)
- 41 mpg
- US
- 38 mpg (better)
- 34 mpg
- On a full tank
- 1,016 km (better)
- 722 km
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- 498 L
- –
- Towing, braked
- 1,800 kg
- –
- Length
- 4,640 mm
- 4,280 mm
- Weight
- 1,564 kg
- 1,100 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 2.5 L 4-cylinder naturally aspirated petrol
- 1.6 L 4-cylinder petrol
- Power
- 136 kW (better)
- 83 kW
- Torque
- 239 Nm (better)
- 145 Nm
- Gearbox
- CVT (Lineartronic)
- –
- Drive
- AWD
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Euro NCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Airbags
- 7
- –
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.
Forester or Carib?
Which is cheaper to run, the Subaru Forester or the Toyota Carib?
The Subaru Forester: about $240 a year less in New Zealand, $200 in Australia, £140 in the UK and $180 in the US than the Toyota Carib at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Subaru Forester or the Toyota Carib?
The Subaru Forester, at 6.2 L/100km (46 mpg UK, 38 mpg US) to the Toyota Carib's 6.9 L/100km (41 mpg UK, 34 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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