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Cheaper to buy isn’t cheaper to own

Comparing the Suzuki Jimny 5-Door (R489 900) and Toyota Corolla Cross (R506 100) – 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 Corolla Cross costs R37 802 less than the Suzuki Jimny 5-Door over five years.
Fuel costs are calculated from the consumption figure recorded for each vehicle.
Your numbers
Suzuki Jimny 5-Door
Suzuki

Jimny 5-Door

1.5 GLX 4AT
R489 900
Price as at 9 Sep 2026
Total per month
R11 187/month
23/24 verified
Full specifications
Lowest monthly
Toyota Corolla Cross
Toyota

Corolla Cross

1.8 HEV XS
R506 100
Price as at 3 Aug 2026
Total per month
R10 530/month
22/23 verified · 1 N/A
Full specifications
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Cost to own
Purchase price
R489 900
R506 100+R16 200
Monthly instalment
R8 563
R8 846+R283
Fuel per month
R2 625+R940
R1 685
Total per month
R11 187+R657
R10 530
Paid over five years
R720 231+R37 802
R682 429
Still owing after five years
R96 500
R99 691+R3 191
Engine and drivetrain
Fuel type
95 / 93 unleaded
95 / 93 unleaded
Engine
1.5 L
1.8 L
Power
75 kW−15 kW
90 kW
Torque
130 Nm−12 Nm
142 Nm
Transmission
4-speed automatic
CVT
Drivetrain
4x4
FWD
Gears
4
Not published
Fuel and range
Consumption
6.7 L/100km+2.4 L/100km
4.3 L/100km
Tank size
40 L
36 L−4 L
Range per tank
597 km−240 km
837 km
CO2 emissions
161 g/km+63 g/km
98 g/km
Space and practicality
Seats
4−1
5
Doors
5
5
Boot (all seats up)
211 L−229 L
440 L
Boot (behind 2nd row)
211 L (VDA)−229 L
440 L
Boot (seats folded)
1 113 L
Not published
Braked towing
1 300 kg
400 kg−900 kg
Ground clearance
210 mm
161 mm−49 mm
Length
3 965 mm
4 460 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
Included plan
Service plan — 4 services / 4 years / 60 000 km
Service plan — 6 services / 90 000 km
Service interval
15 000 km / 12 mo
15 000 km / 12 mo
Spare wheel
Full-size
Space-saver
Service network
Not published
~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
No crash-test rating for this version
Global NCAP · 2 stars adult · 3 stars child (2026)
Airbags
6
5−1
Differential lock
Yes
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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