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Cheaper to buy isn’t cheaper to own

Comparing the Honda CR-V (R1 041 300) and Volkswagen Tiguan (R852 600) – 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 Volkswagen Tiguan costs R195 606 less than the Honda CR-V over five years.
Fuel costs are calculated from the consumption figure recorded for each vehicle.
Your numbers
Honda CR-V
Honda

CR-V

1.5T Exclusive CVT
R1 041 300
Price as at 9 Sep 2026
Total per month
R21 099/month
23/23 verified · 1 N/A
Full specifications
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Volkswagen Tiguan
Volkswagen

Tiguan

R-Line 2.0 TSI 4Motion DSG
R852 600
Price as at 9 Sep 2026
Total per month
R18 154/month
24/24 verified
Full specifications
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Cost to own
Purchase price
R1 041 300+R188 700
R852 600
Monthly instalment
R18 200+R3 298
R14 902
Fuel per month
R2 899
R3 251+R353
Total per month
R21 099+R2 946
R18 154
Paid over five years
R1 370 079+R195 606
R1 174 473
Still owing after five years
R205 115+R37 170
R167 945
Engine and drivetrain
Fuel type
95 / 93 unleaded
95 / 93 unleaded
Engine
1.5 L
2.0 L
Power
140 kW
140 kW
Torque
240 Nm−110 Nm
350 Nm
Transmission
CVT
7-speed DSG
Drivetrain
FWD
AWD
Gears
Not published
7
Fuel and range
Consumption
7.4 L/100km
8.3 L/100km+0.9 L/100km
Tank size
57 L−1 L
58 L
Range per tank
770 km
699 km−71 km
CO2 emissions
177 g/km
189 g/km+12 g/km
Space and practicality
Seats
7
5−2
Doors
5
5
Boot (all seats up)
150 L−502 L
652 L
Boot (behind 2nd row)
478 L (VDA)−174 L
652 L
Boot (seats folded)
1 457 L−193 L
1 650 L
Braked towing
800 kg−1 000 kg
1 800 kg
Ground clearance
198 mm−3 mm
201 mm
Length
4 706 mm
4 539 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 / 120 000 km
Included plan
Service plan — 9 services / 5 years / 90 000 km
Service plan — 6 services / 5 years / 90 000 km
Service interval
10 000 km
15 000 km
Spare wheel
Full-size
Space-saver
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.
~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
No crash-test rating for this version
No crash-test rating for this version
Airbags
8
8

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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