Nissan Leaf vs Toyota Corolla — example ownership cost comparison
This page compares the estimated total cost of ownership for a Nissan Leaf 2018 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 2018 Nissan Leaf electric 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/energy type and registration year.
Nissan Leaf 2018
£4,515
per year, this example
£376 per month
Toyota Corolla 2019
£5,983
per year, this example
£499 per month
Difference: £1,468 per year (£122 per month) — Toyota Corolla 2019 costs 32.5% more than Nissan Leaf 2018.
Which costs less to own?
Nissan Leaf 2018 is estimated to cost less to own than Toyota Corolla 2019 in these two examples, by £1,468 per year — 24.5% less than Toyota Corolla 2019.
Category comparison
| Category | Nissan Leaf 2018 | Toyota Corolla 2019 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | £1,103(24%) | £1,756(29%) | £653 |
| Fuel / Energy | £714(16%) | £992(17%) | £278 |
| Insurance | £720(16%) | £770(13%) | £50 |
| Service & MOT | £669(15%) | £719(12%) | £50 |
| Maintenance & Repairs | £428(9%) | £446(7%) | £18 |
| Urban Costs (CC / ULEZ / Parking) | £240(5%) | £240(4%) | £0 |
| VED / Road Tax | — | £180(3%) | — |
| Tyres | £135(3%) | £135(2%) | £0 |
| Roadside Assistance | £130(3%) | £130(2%) | £0 |
| Finance / Leasing | £376(8%) | £615(10%) | £239 |
| Total per year | £4,515 | £5,983 | £1,468 |
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
- Nissan Leaf 2018 has the lower estimated annual ownership cost in these two example reports, at £4,515 per year versus £5,983 for Toyota Corolla 2019, a difference of £1,468 per year. Toyota Corolla 2019 costs 32.5% more than Nissan Leaf 2018.
- The largest category difference is depreciation: £1,103 for Nissan Leaf 2018 versus £1,756 for Toyota Corolla 2019, a difference of £653 per year.
- Urban Costs (CC / ULEZ / Parking) is identical between the two vehicles in these examples, at £240 per year for both Nissan Leaf 2018 and Toyota Corolla 2019.
- Combined depreciation and finance/leasing cost £1,479 per year for Nissan Leaf 2018, versus £2,371 per year for Toyota Corolla 2019, in these examples.
- Nissan Leaf 2018 has the lower estimated fuel/energy cost in these examples, at £714 per year versus £992 per year for Toyota Corolla 2019.