Toyota Alphard vs Volkswagen Touran
The Alphard costs less to run, by the official figures: about $40 a year less in New Zealand, $30 in Australia, £20 in the UK and $30 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
- $1,840 (better)
- $1,876
- Australia
- $1,522 (better)
- $1,552
- United Kingdom
- £1,118 (better)
- £1,140
- United States
- $1,422 (better)
- $1,449
Official figures
- Uses
- 5.7 L/100km (better)
- 5.8 L/100km
- UK
- 50 mpg (better)
- 49 mpg
- US
- 41 mpg (better)
- 41 mpg
- On a full tank
- 1,142 km (better)
- 1,000 km
Space
- Seats
- 8
- 7
- Boot
- –
- 694 L
- Length
- 4,850 mm
- 4,527 mm
- Weight
- 1,900 kg
- 1,560 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 2.4 L 4-cylinder petrol
- 1.5 L 4-cylinder turbo petrol
- Power
- 125 kW (better)
- 110 kW
- Torque
- 224 Nm
- 250 Nm (better)
- Gearbox
- CVT
- 6-speed manual
- Drive
- FWD
- FWD
Safety
- Euro NCAP
- –
- ★★★★★
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.
Alphard or Touran?
Which is cheaper to run, the Toyota Alphard or the Volkswagen Touran?
The Toyota Alphard: about $40 a year less in New Zealand, $30 in Australia, £20 in the UK and $30 in the US than the Volkswagen Touran at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Toyota Alphard or the Volkswagen Touran?
The Toyota Alphard, at 5.7 L/100km (50 mpg UK, 41 mpg US) to the Volkswagen Touran's 5.8 L/100km (49 mpg UK, 41 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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