Toyota Hiace vs Vauxhall Vivaro
The Vivaro costs less to run, by the official figures: about $70 a year less in New Zealand, $60 in Australia, £40 in the UK and $50 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
- $2,558
- $2,490 (better)
- Australia
- $2,116
- $2,060 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £1,554
- £1,513 (better)
- United States
- $1,976
- $1,924 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 7.9 L/100km
- 7.7 L/100km (better)
- UK
- 36 mpg
- 37 mpg (better)
- US
- 30 mpg
- 31 mpg (better)
- On a full tank
- 885 km
- –
Space
- Seats
- 2
- 3
- Towing, braked
- 1,500 kg
- –
- Length
- 5,265 mm
- 4,959 mm
- Weight
- 2,225 kg
- –
Engine
- Engine
- 2.8 L 4-cylinder turbo-diesel
- 1.5 L 4-cylinder turbo diesel
- Power
- 130 kW (better)
- 75 kW
- Torque
- 450 Nm (better)
- 250 Nm
- Gearbox
- 6-speed automatic
- 6-speed manual
- Drive
- RWD
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- 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.
Hiace or Vivaro?
Which is cheaper to run, the Toyota Hiace or the Vauxhall Vivaro?
The Vauxhall Vivaro: about $70 a year less in New Zealand, $60 in Australia, £40 in the UK and $50 in the US than the Toyota Hiace at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Toyota Hiace or the Vauxhall Vivaro?
The Vauxhall Vivaro, at 7.7 L/100km (37 mpg UK, 31 mpg US) to the Toyota Hiace's 7.9 L/100km (36 mpg UK, 30 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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