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Cheaper to buy isn’t cheaper to own

Comparing the Honda CR-V (R1 041 300) and Toyota RAV4 (R927 800) – 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 Toyota RAV4 costs R198 541 less than the Honda CR-V over five years.
Both figures are manufacturer-published combined-cycle claims for the South African market. Neither manufacturer states which test standard was used.
Your numbers
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Honda

CR-V

1.5T Exclusive CVT
R1 041 300
Price as at 2 Aug 2026
Total per month
R21 099/month
20/23 verified
Full specifications
Lowest monthly
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Toyota

RAV4

2.5 HEV VX
R927 800
Price as at 18 Aug 2026
Total per month
R17 979/month
18/23 verified
Full specifications
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Cost to own
Purchase price
R1 041 300+R113 500
R927 800
Monthly instalment
R18 200+R1 984
R16 216
Fuel per month
R2 899+R1 136
R1 763
Total per month
R21 099+R3 120
R17 979
Paid over five years
R1 370 079+R198 541
R1 171 538
Still owing after five years
R205 115+R22 357
R182 758
Engine and drivetrain
Fuel type
95 / 93 unleaded
Not published
Engine
1.5 L
2.5 L
Power
140 kW−36 kW
176 kW
Torque
240 Nm
Not published
Transmission
CVT
CVT
Drivetrain
FWD
AWD
Fuel and range
Consumption
7.4 L/100km+2.9 L/100km
4.5 L/100km
Tank size
57 L
55 L−2 L
Range per tank
770 km−452 km
1 222 km
CO2 emissions
Not published
102 g/km
Space and practicality
Seats
7
5−2
Doors
5
5
Boot (all seats up)
150 L−538 L
688 L
Boot (behind 2nd row)
478 L (VDA)−210 L
688 L
Braked towing
800 kg−200 kg
1 000 kg
Ground clearance
198 mm−3 mm
201 mm
Length
4 706 mm
4 600 mm
Most manufacturers don’t state which measurement standard they use, so boot figures are approximate for comparison.
Ownership and cover
Warranty
5 yr / 200 000 km
3 yr / 100 000 km
Service plan
5 yr / 90 000 km
90 000 km
Service interval
10 000 km
15 000 km / 12 mo
Spare wheel
Full-size
Full-size · unverified
Service network
~35 authorised service points, as at 18 August 2026 In 8 of the 9 provinces. Service-dealer flag in Honda's own locator.
~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.
Safety and off-road
Safety rating
4 stars (Euro NCAP 2024)
Not published
Airbags
8
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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