Nissan Qashqai vs Volkswagen Tiguan — example ownership cost comparison
This page compares the estimated total cost of ownership for a Nissan Qashqai 2015 and a Volkswagen Tiguan 2017, 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 2015 Nissan Qashqai petrol and a 2017 Volkswagen Tiguan diesel — 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 registration year and fuel type.
Nissan Qashqai 2015
£4,584
per year, this example
£382 per month
Volkswagen Tiguan 2017
£5,686
per year, this example
£474 per month
Difference: £1,102 per year (£92 per month) — Volkswagen Tiguan 2017 costs 24% more than Nissan Qashqai 2015.
Which costs less to own?
Nissan Qashqai 2015 is estimated to cost less to own than Volkswagen Tiguan 2017 in these two examples, by £1,102 per year — 19.4% less than Volkswagen Tiguan 2017.
Category comparison
| Category | Nissan Qashqai 2015 | Volkswagen Tiguan 2017 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | £797(17%) | £1,449(25%) | £652 |
| Fuel / Energy | £923(20%) | £1,084(19%) | £161 |
| Insurance | £480(10%) | £660(12%) | £180 |
| Service & MOT | £856(19%) | £769(14%) | £87 |
| Maintenance & Repairs | £608(13%) | £470(8%) | £138 |
| Urban Costs (CC / ULEZ / Parking) | £240(5%) | £240(4%) | £0 |
| VED / Road Tax | £130(3%) | £180(3%) | £50 |
| Tyres | £135(3%) | £135(2%) | £0 |
| Roadside Assistance | £139(3%) | £130(2%) | £9 |
| Finance / Leasing | £277(6%) | £569(10%) | £292 |
| Total per year | £4,584 | £5,686 | £1,102 |
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 Qashqai 2015 has the lower estimated annual ownership cost in these two example reports, at £4,584 per year versus £5,686 for Volkswagen Tiguan 2017, a difference of £1,102 per year. Volkswagen Tiguan 2017 costs 24% more than Nissan Qashqai 2015.
- The largest category difference is depreciation: £797 for Nissan Qashqai 2015 versus £1,449 for Volkswagen Tiguan 2017, a difference of £652 per year.
- Urban Costs (CC / ULEZ / Parking) is identical between the two vehicles in these examples, at £240 per year for both Nissan Qashqai 2015 and Volkswagen Tiguan 2017.
- Combined depreciation and finance/leasing cost £1,074 per year for Nissan Qashqai 2015, versus £2,018 per year for Volkswagen Tiguan 2017, in these examples.
- Nissan Qashqai 2015 has the lower estimated fuel/energy cost in these examples, at £923 per year versus £1,084 per year for Volkswagen Tiguan 2017.