Subaru Outback vs Toyota Qualis
The Outback costs less to run, by the official figures: about $710 a year less in New Zealand, $590 in Australia, £430 in the UK and $550 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
- $2,455 (better)
- $3,169
- Australia
- $2,034 (better)
- $2,624
- United Kingdom
- £1,491 (better)
- £1,925
- United States
- $1,896 (better)
- $2,449
Official figures
- Uses
- 7.6 L/100km (better)
- 9.8 L/100km
- UK
- 37 mpg (better)
- 29 mpg
- US
- 31 mpg (better)
- 24 mpg
- On a full tank
- 830 km
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Space
- Seats
- 5
- –
- Boot
- 522 L
- –
- Towing, braked
- 2,000 kg
- –
- Length
- 4,870 mm
- –
- Weight
- 1,660 kg
- –
Engine
- Engine
- 2.5 L flat-4 petrol
- –
- Power
- 138 kW
- –
- Torque
- 245 Nm
- –
- Gearbox
- CVT
- –
- Drive
- AWD
- –
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Airbags
- 8
- –
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.
Outback or Qualis?
Which is cheaper to run, the Subaru Outback or the Toyota Qualis?
The Subaru Outback: about $710 a year less in New Zealand, $590 in Australia, £430 in the UK and $550 in the US than the Toyota Qualis at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Subaru Outback or the Toyota Qualis?
The Subaru Outback, at 7.6 L/100km (37 mpg UK, 31 mpg US) to the Toyota Qualis's 9.8 L/100km (29 mpg UK, 24 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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