Ford Focus vs Toyota Corolla — example ownership cost comparison
This page compares the estimated total cost of ownership for a Ford Focus 2020 and a Toyota Corolla 2019, using two real 73 Auto example reports. It breaks the same cost categories — depreciation, fuel/energy, insurance, servicing, tax and more — down side by side, so you can see exactly where the two figures agree or diverge. An illustrative side-by-side comparison of two real 73 Auto example scenarios — a 2020 Ford Focus petrol and a 2019 Toyota Corolla hybrid electric — showing how the same cost categories are broken down and compared. This is not a market-wide claim that one model is cheaper than the other; the two examples differ in fuel type.
Ford Focus 2020
£4,811
per year, this example
£401 per month
Toyota Corolla 2019
£5,983
per year, this example
£499 per month
Difference: £1,172 per year (£98 per month) — Toyota Corolla 2019 costs 24.4% more than Ford Focus 2020.
Which costs less to own?
Ford Focus 2020 is estimated to cost less to own than Toyota Corolla 2019 in these two examples, by £1,172 per year — 19.6% less than Toyota Corolla 2019.
Category comparison
| Category | Ford Focus 2020 | Toyota Corolla 2019 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | £1,359(28%) | £1,756(29%) | £397 |
| Fuel / Energy | £856(18%) | £992(17%) | £136 |
| Insurance | £610(13%) | £770(13%) | £160 |
| Service & MOT | £535(11%) | £719(12%) | £184 |
| Maintenance & Repairs | £268(6%) | £446(7%) | £178 |
| Urban Costs (CC / ULEZ / Parking) | £240(5%) | £240(4%) | £0 |
| VED / Road Tax | £180(4%) | £180(3%) | £0 |
| Tyres | £135(3%) | £135(2%) | £0 |
| Roadside Assistance | £130(3%) | £130(2%) | £0 |
| Finance / Leasing | £498(10%) | £615(10%) | £117 |
| Total per year | £4,811 | £5,983 | £1,172 |
Figures shown are each category's annual cost as printed in the source report. A percentage in brackets is that category's share of the vehicle's own total, only where the source report states one.
What the numbers show
- Ford Focus 2020 has the lower estimated annual ownership cost in these two example reports, at £4,811 per year versus £5,983 for Toyota Corolla 2019, a difference of £1,172 per year. Toyota Corolla 2019 costs 24.4% more than Ford Focus 2020.
- The largest category difference is depreciation: £1,359 for Ford Focus 2020 versus £1,756 for Toyota Corolla 2019, a difference of £397 per year.
- Urban Costs (CC / ULEZ / Parking) is identical between the two vehicles in these examples, at £240 per year for both Ford Focus 2020 and Toyota Corolla 2019.
- Combined depreciation and finance/leasing cost £1,857 per year for Ford Focus 2020, versus £2,371 per year for Toyota Corolla 2019, in these examples.
- Ford Focus 2020 has the lower estimated fuel/energy cost in these examples, at £856 per year versus £992 per year for Toyota Corolla 2019.