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The instalment, the fuel bill and the five-year figure — worked out on your deposit, your rate and your driving. Every specification below comes from a verified record.

The five-year figure is finance instalments and fuel only — it does not include servicing, insurance, tyres or depreciation. It is a cost-to-buy-and-run comparison, not a full cost of ownership.

These are new-car prices. The car you were viewing is R209 900. Back to that car
The Ford Everest costs R58 584 less than the Toyota Fortuner over five years.
Both are South African test figures; the cycle isn't named for one of them.
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Toyota Fortuner
Toyota

Fortuner

2.8 GD-6 4x4 6AT
Showing the 2.8 GD-6 4x4 6AT — change derivative
R926 000
Price as at October 2026
Total per month
R20 410/month
24/24 verified
Full specifications
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Ford Everest
Ford

Everest

2.0L SiT Active 4x4 10AT
Showing the 2.0L SiT Active 4x4 10AT — change derivative
R875 000
Price as at October 2026
Total per month
R19 519/month
24/24 verified
Full specifications
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Cost to own
Purchase price
R926 000+R51 000
R875 000
Monthly instalment
R16 185+R891
R15 294
Fuel per month
R4 225
R4 225
Total per month
R20 410+R891
R19 519
Paid over five years
R1 317 210+R58 584
R1 258 626
Still owing after five years
R182 403+R10 046
R172 357
Assumptions: fuel at 95 petrol R30.24/L, 50ppm diesel R32.09/L (inland, official prices from November 2026); interest at 11.75% (prime 10.75%, South African Reserve Bank from September 2026, plus 1%).
Engine and drivetrain
Fuel type
Diesel (50ppm)
Diesel (50ppm)
Engine
2.8 L
2.0 L
Power
150 kW
125 kW−25 kW
Torque
500 Nm
405 Nm−95 Nm
Transmission
6-speed automatic with paddle shift
10-speed automatic
Drivetrain
4x4
4x4
Gears
6
10
Fuel and range
Consumption
7.9 L/100km
7.9 L/100km
Tank size
80 L
80 L
Range per tank
1 012 km
1 012 km
CO2 emissions
209 g/km
209 g/km
Space and practicality
Seats
7
7
Doors
5
5
Boot (all seats up)
200 L−59 L
259 L
Boot (behind 2nd row)
716 L−182 L
898 L (VDA)
Boot (seats folded)
1 080 L−738 L
1 818 L
Braked towing
3 300 kg−200 kg
3 500 kg
Ground clearance
279 mm
220 mm−59 mm
Length
4 795 mm
4 940 mm
Most manufacturers don’t state which measurement standard they use, so boot figures are approximate for comparison.
Ownership and cover
Warranty
3 yr / 100 000 km
4 yr / 120 000 km
Included plan
Service plan — 9 services / 90 000 km
Service plan — 6 services / 6 years / 90 000 km (can be declined)
Service interval
10 000 km / 12 mo
15 000 km / 12 mo
Spare wheel
Full-size
Full-size
Service network
~179 authorised service points, as at 18 August 2026 In all 9 provinces. Service-manager contact present per pin in Toyota's own dealer locator.
~111 authorised service points, as at 22 September 2026 In all 9 provinces. South African dealer pins with a service department in Ford South Africa's own dealer locator (111 of 116 South African pins; Botswana, Eswatini and Namibia excluded).
Safety and off-road
Safety rating
No crash-test rating for this version
No crash-test rating for this version
Airbags
7
6−1
Differential lock
Yes
No

What we haven’t verified yet

Blank cells are figures the manufacturer doesn’t publish for South Africa, or that we haven’t confirmed against an official source. We leave them empty rather than estimating them. A third kind of blank is different again: some fields don’t apply to a vehicle at all — an electric car has no fuel tank — and those are named separately below and left out of that vehicle’s verified count, which is why the counts on the cards above can be out of different totals.

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Cost-to-own figures are illustrative only: a standard reducing-balance loan calculation using the deposit, trade-in, balloon, interest rate, term and driving assumptions above, plus fuel at the price you set. They exclude insurance, licensing and servicing, and are not a loan quote — get a real quote from our Finance Calculator. Specifications shown are the fields we’ve verified against official South African sources for each vehicle; blank cells mean not published, or not yet confirmed — we leave them empty rather than estimate.