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Cheaper to buy isn’t cheaper to own

Comparing the Kia Sportage (R823 995) 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 Kia Sportage costs R76 933 less than the Toyota RAV4 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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Kia

Sportage

2WD 1.6T-GDI GT-LINE S
R823 995
Price as at 2 Aug 2026
Total per month
R16 870/month
19/23 verified
Full specifications
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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
R823 995
R927 800+R103 805
Monthly instalment
R14 402
R16 216+R1 814
Fuel per month
R2 468+R705
R1 763
Total per month
R16 870
R17 979+R1 109
Paid over five years
R1 094 605
R1 171 538+R76 933
Still owing after five years
R162 310
R182 758+R20 447
Engine and drivetrain
Engine
1.6 L
2.5 L
Power
132 kW−44 kW
176 kW
Torque
265 Nm
Not published
Transmission
DCT
CVT
Drivetrain
FWD
AWD
Gears
7
Not published
Fuel and range
Consumption
6.3 L/100km+1.8 L/100km
4.5 L/100km
Tank size
54 L−1 L
55 L
Range per tank
857 km−365 km
1 222 km
CO2 emissions
Not published
102 g/km
Space and practicality
Seats
5
5
Doors
5
5
Boot (all seats up)
591 L−97 L
688 L
Boot (behind 2nd row)
591 L−97 L
688 L
Boot (seats folded)
1 780 L
Not published
Braked towing
1 650 kg
1 000 kg−650 kg
Ground clearance
170 mm−31 mm
201 mm
Length
4 515 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 / Unlimited
3 yr / 100 000 km
Service plan
Not published
90 000 km
Service interval
Not published
15 000 km / 12 mo
Spare wheel
Not stated
Full-size · unverified
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.
~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
5 stars (Euro NCAP 2022)
Not published
Airbags
6
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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