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Cheaper to buy isn’t cheaper to own

Comparing the Nissan X-Trail (R770 900) 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 Nissan X-Trail costs R80 387 less than the Toyota RAV4 over five years.
Fuel costs are calculated from the consumption figure recorded for each vehicle.
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Lowest monthly
Nissan X-Trail
Nissan

X-Trail

2.5 Acenta Plus 7s Xtronic CVT 4WD
R770 900
Price as at 9 Sep 2026
Total per month
R17 407/month
23/23 verified · 1 N/A
Full specifications
Toyota RAV4
Toyota

RAV4

2.5 HEV VX
R927 800
Price as at 9 Sep 2026
Total per month
R18 486/month
22/23 verified · 1 N/A
Full specifications
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Cost to own
Purchase price
R770 900
R927 800+R156 900
Monthly instalment
R13 474
R16 216+R2 742
Fuel per month
R3 933+R1 664
R2 269
Total per month
R17 407
R18 486+R1 078
Paid over five years
R1 121 533
R1 201 919+R80 387
Still owing after five years
R151 852
R182 758+R30 906
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 unleaded
Engine
2.5 L
2.5 L
Power
135 kW−41 kW
176 kW
Torque
244 Nm
221 Nm−23 Nm
Transmission
Xtronic CVT
CVT
Drivetrain
AWD
AWD
Fuel and range
Consumption
7.8 L/100km+3.3 L/100km
4.5 L/100km
Tank size
55 L
55 L
Range per tank
705 km−517 km
1 222 km
CO2 emissions
183 g/km+81 g/km
102 g/km
Space and practicality
Seats
7
5−2
Doors
5
5
Boot (all seats up)
485 L−203 L
688 L
Boot (behind 2nd row)
651 L−37 L
688 L
Boot (seats folded)
1 298 L
Not published
Braked towing
1 300 kg
1 000 kg−300 kg
Ground clearance
210 mm
201 mm−9 mm
Length
4 685 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
6 yr / 150 000 km
3 yr / 100 000 km
Included plan
Service plan — 3 services / 3 years / 90 000 km
Service plan — 6 services / 90 000 km
Service interval
15 000 km / 12 mo
15 000 km / 12 mo
Spare wheel
Space-saver
Full-size
Service network
~95 authorised service points, as at 18 August 2026 In all 9 provinces. Service Centre flag present on 95 of 96 SA entries in Nissan'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 (ANCAP 2021)
No crash-test rating for this version
Airbags
7
7

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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