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Cheaper to buy isn’t cheaper to own

Comparing the Ford Ranger (R1 187 000) and Volkswagen Amarok (R1 259 700) – see how price, engine, warranty and safety stack up below.

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.

The Ford Ranger costs R83 511 less than the Volkswagen Amarok over five years.
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Ford

Ranger

Platinum 3.0 V6 Turbo Diesel 4WD 10AT
R1 187 000
Price as at 4 Aug 2026
Total per month
R24 038/month
15/23 verified
Full specifications
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Volkswagen

Amarok

DC Aventura 3.0 V6 TDI 4Motion 10-spd Auto
R1 259 700
Price as at 6 Aug 2026
Total per month
R25 308/month
11/23 verified
Full specifications
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Cost to own
Purchase price
R1 187 000
R1 259 700+R72 700
Monthly instalment
R20 747
R22 018+R1 271
Fuel per month
R3 291
R3 291
Total per month
R24 038
R25 308+R1 271
Paid over five years
R1 560 950
R1 644 461+R83 511
Still owing after five years
R233 815
R248 135+R14 320
Engine and drivetrain
Fuel type
Diesel (50ppm)
Diesel (50ppm)
Engine
3.0 L
3.0 L
Power
184 kW
184 kW
Torque
600 Nm
Not published
Transmission
10-speed automatic
10-speed automatic
Drivetrain
4x4
4x4
Gears
10
10
Fuel and range
Consumption
8.4 L/100km
8.4 L/100km
Tank size
80 L
Not published
Range per tank
952 km
Not published
Space and practicality
Seats
5
5
Doors
4
4
Braked towing
3 500 kg
Not published
Ground clearance
237 mm
Not published
Length
Not published
5 350 mm
Most manufacturers don’t state which measurement standard they use, so boot figures are approximate for comparison.
Ownership and cover
Warranty
4 yr / 120 000 km
3 yr / 100 000 km
Spare wheel
Full-size
Full-size
Service network
Not published
~129 authorised service points, as at 18 August 2026 In all 9 provinces. Service & Parts department modelled per pin in Volkswagen's own locator.
Safety and off-road
Safety rating
5 stars (ANCAP 2022)
Not published

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; anything not shown is marked “Not published” rather than estimated.

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