Hyundai Verna Petrol Or Diesel? Mileage & Running Cost Comparison

22 September 2022
By Prathu Sharma
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If you’re wondering whether you should buy the Hyundai Verna petrol or diesel, this article will help you come to a conclusion. Here, we’ll take the latest ex-showroom prices of the Verna and look at the price difference. Based on the current petrol and diesel prices, we’ll calculate the kilometres you need to drive the car to recover the higher upfront cost. This should help you decide which engine option of the Verna will work best for you and save you money in the long run. Let’s start with the difference in their ex-showroom prices.

Hyundai Verna Petrol Vs Diesel - Price Comparison

Let’s look at the latest ex-showroom prices of the Hyundai Verna petrol and diesel to see what extra cost you’re paying for the Verna diesel over the Verna petrol.

HYUNDAI VERNA PETROL VS DIESEL PRICES EX-SHOWROOM DELHI (SEPTEMBER 2022)
Variants	Petrol Prices	Difference	Diesel Prices
S Plus Manual	Rs. 9,84,200	Rs. 1,24,000	Rs. 11,08,200
SX Manual	Rs. 11,27,000	Rs. 1,26,000	Rs. 12,53,000
SX (O) Manual	Rs. 13,08,600	Rs. 1,29,000	Rs. 14,37,600
SX Automatic	Rs. 12,49,000	Rs. 1,19,000	Rs. 13,68,000
SX (O) Automatic	Rs. 14,33,600	Rs. 1,19,000	Rs. 15,52,600

For the Hyundai Verna diesel manual, you’re paying between Rs. 1.24 lakh and Rs. 1.29 lakh more than the petrol.

With the automatic transmission, the ex-showroom price of the Verna diesel is Rs. 1.19 lakh higher than the petrol.

Hyundai Verna Petrol Vs Diesel - Running Cost Calculation - September 2022

Now, let’s compare the per kilometre fuel cost you’ll incur with both engine options. For this, we’ll use the latest petrol and diesel prices in Delhi and the official mileage figures as a baseline.

HYUNDAI VERNA COST PER KM (SEPTEMBER 2022)
	Petrol	Difference	Diesel
Fuel Price Delhi	Rs. 96.76	Rs. 7.10	Rs. 89.66
Manual Mileage	17.40kmpl	7.60kmpl	25.00kmpl
Manual Cost Per KM	Rs. 5.56	Rs. 1.97	Rs. 3.59
Automatic Mileage	18.45kmpl	2.85kmpl	21.30kmpl
Automatic Cost Per KM	Rs. 5.24	Rs. 1.04	Rs. 4.21

At the current fuel prices, the Hyundai Verna petrol manual will cost you Rs. 1.97 more than the Hyundai Verna diesel manual for every kilometre you drive.

With the automatic, the Hyundai Verna diesel will save you Rs. 1.04/km compared to the petrol automatic.

Kilometres To Breakeven With Hyundai Verna Diesel

HYUDAI VERNA PETROL VS DIESEL KM TO RECOVER (SEPTEMBER 2022)
Variants	KM to Recover
S Plus Manual	62,800km
SX Manual	63,813km
SX (O) Manual	65,332km
SX Automatic	1,14,970km
SX (O) Automatic	1,14,970km

Depending on the variant, you’ll have to cover 62,800 to 65,332 km with the Hyundai Verna diesel manual to recover the extra price you pay upfront over the Verna petrol.

With the automatic, you’ll have to drive at least 1.15 lakh km to justify buying the Verna diesel over the petrol automatic.

Should You Buy Hyundai Verna Petrol Or Diesel?

A Verna diesel-manual buyer will need to cover over 60,000km to recover the higher upfront cost for the diesel engine over the petrol engine. This is a reasonable figure. So, we’ll recommend the Verna diesel manual to buyers who plan to drive the car for 75,000km to 1 lakh km during their period of ownership.

With the automatic transmission, the km-to-breakeven figure suffers because of the fluid coupling of the torque converter automatic which is notoriously inefficient, to say the least, in the diesel model. You will need to cover more than 1 lakh kilometres with the Verna diesel automatic just to recover the higher upfront ex-showroom cost of the diesel engine. So, for Verna automatic buyers, the petrol model will do better because even most long-term buyers typically only do about 1 lakh kilometres before upgrading to a newer car. Only mile-munchers who drive so much that they can cover even 2 lakh kilometres during their period of ownership should consider the Verna diesel automatic to make it a profitable decision.

You can use our Fuel Cost Calculator to see how much any petrol, diesel or CNG car will cost to run based on the latest fuel price in your city.

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1 Comments

A Amit says:

July 08 2022 09:16:42

Please don't go by printed fuel averages , petrol automatic @18.75...? Is this TRUE?? So your cost recovery working is wrong my friend