Skoda Kodiaq vs MG HS — example ownership cost comparison
This page compares the estimated total cost of ownership for a Skoda Kodiaq 2022 and a MG HS Trophy 2024, 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 2022 Skoda Kodiaq petrol and a 2024 MG HS Trophy petrol — 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.
Skoda Kodiaq 2022
£6,208
per year, this example
£517 per month
MG HS Trophy 2024
£6,744
per year, this example
£562 per month
Difference: £536 per year (£45 per month) — MG HS Trophy 2024 costs 8.6% more than Skoda Kodiaq 2022.
Which costs less to own?
Skoda Kodiaq 2022 is estimated to cost less to own than MG HS Trophy 2024 in these two examples, by £536 per year — 7.9% less than MG HS Trophy 2024.
Category comparison
| Category | Skoda Kodiaq 2022 | MG HS Trophy 2024 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | £2,052(33%) | £2,327(35%) | £275 |
| Fuel / Energy | £1,024(16%) | £1,024(15%) | £0 |
| Insurance | £830(13%) | £970(14%) | £140 |
| Service & MOT | £575(9%) | £468(7%) | £107 |
| Maintenance & Repairs | £264(4%) | £186(3%) | £78 |
| Urban Costs (CC / ULEZ / Parking) | £240(4%) | £240(4%) | £0 |
| VED / Road Tax | £180(3%) | £180(3%) | £0 |
| Tyres | £135(2%) | £135(2%) | £0 |
| Roadside Assistance | £124(2%) | £124(2%) | £0 |
| Finance / Leasing | £784(13%) | £1,090(16%) | £306 |
| Total per year | £6,208 | £6,744 | £536 |
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
- Skoda Kodiaq 2022 has the lower estimated annual ownership cost in these two example reports, at £6,208 per year versus £6,744 for MG HS Trophy 2024, a difference of £536 per year. MG HS Trophy 2024 costs 8.6% more than Skoda Kodiaq 2022.
- The largest category difference is finance / leasing: £784 for Skoda Kodiaq 2022 versus £1,090 for MG HS Trophy 2024, a difference of £306 per year.
- Fuel / Energy is identical between the two vehicles in these examples, at £1,024 per year for both Skoda Kodiaq 2022 and MG HS Trophy 2024.
- Combined depreciation and finance/leasing cost £2,836 per year for Skoda Kodiaq 2022, versus £3,417 per year for MG HS Trophy 2024, in these examples.
- Fuel/energy costs are identical between Skoda Kodiaq 2022 and MG HS Trophy 2024 in these examples, at £1,024 per year.