Compare · 2 vehicles
Cheaper to buy isn’t cheaper to own
Comparing the Kia Sonet (R314 995) and Omoda C5 (R339 900) – 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.
Fuel costs aren't shown — and that's the finding, not a gap in our data. Kia Sonet does not state which test standard was used; Omoda C5 reports WLTP. Figures from different test standards can't be compared directly, so we withhold the fuel cost rather than publish a misleading one.
Cost to own
Purchase price
R314 995
R339 900+R24 905
Monthly instalment
R5 506
R5 941+R435
Still owing after five years
R62 048
R66 953+R4 906
Fuel cost and total cost-to-own are not shown for this comparison — see note above.
Assumptions: fuel at 95 petrol R30.25/L, 50ppm diesel R32.80/L (inland, official prices from 7 Oct 2026); interest at 11.75% (prime 10.75%, South African Reserve Bank from 25 Sep 2026, plus 1%).
Engine and drivetrain
Fuel type
95 / 93 unleaded
95 / 93 unleaded
Fuel and range
Consumption
6.2 L/100km
6.9 L/100km+0.7 L/100km
CO2 emissions
148 g/km
169 g/km+21 g/km
Space and practicality
Boot (all seats up)
385 L−57 L
442 L
Boot (behind 2nd row)
385 L (VDA)−57 L
442 L
Boot (seats folded)
Not published
1 149 L
Braked towing
1 100 kg
Not published
Ground clearance
190 mm
169 mm−21 mm
Most manufacturers don’t state which measurement standard they use, so boot figures are approximate for comparison.
Ownership and cover
Warranty
5 yr / Unlimited
5 yr / 150 000 km
Included plan
Service plan — 3 services / 3 years / 45 000 km
Service plan — 2 services / 2 years / 25 000 km
Service interval
15 000 km
15 000 km / 12 mo
Spare wheel
Full-size · unverified
Space-saver
Service network
~76 authorised service points, as at 18 August 2026 In all 9 provinces. Service-leads flag present on all 76 SA entries in Kia's own locator.
Not published
Safety and off-road
Safety rating
Global NCAP · 1 star adult · 3 stars child (2026)
No crash-test rating for this version
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.
- Kia Sonet —
1 field outstanding: Boot (seats folded).
1 more doesn’t apply to this vehicle: Gears.
- Omoda C5 —
2 fields outstanding: Braked towing, Service network.
1 more doesn’t apply to this vehicle: Gears.
