Haval H2 vs Kia Stonic

What's the difference?

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Haval H2
Haval H2

$9,997 - $22,995

2019 price

Kia Stonic
Kia Stonic

$25,660 - $31,980

2025 price

Summary

2019 Haval H2
2025 Kia Stonic
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Turbo 4, 1.5L

Turbo 3, 1.0L
Fuel Type
Premium Unleaded Petrol

Unleaded Petrol
Fuel Efficiency
9.0L/100km (combined)

6.7L/100km (combined)
Seating
5

5
Dislikes
  • Performance
  • Thirst
  • Dynamics

  • Small touchscreen
  • No adaptive cruise control
  • Too sluggish from standstill
2019 Haval H2 Summary

Brand Finance self-effacingly describes itself as "the world's leading independent branded business valuation and strategy consultancy". And adds that it regularly picks apart the current and future value of more than 3500 brands across multiple market sectors around the world.

These London-based boffins reckon Delta trumps American Airlines, Real Madrid has knocked off Manchester United, and Haval is a more powerful SUV brand than Land Rover or Jeep. So, no surprise Haval promotes the research on its Australian website.

Just to split hairs, Land Rover leaps to the top of the rankings when it comes to overall value, but in terms of an upward trajectory and potential for future growth, Brand Finance says Haval is the one.

The irony is you probably wouldn't know a Haval if it ran into you, which obviously isn't good in any sense, but a factor of the Chinese Great Wall subsidiary's relatively brief time, and so far, limited sales in the Australian market.

One of three models released in late 2015 to launch the Haval brand locally, the H2 is a small, five-seat SUV competing against a hot bed of more than 20 established players including the segment-leading Mitsubishi ASX, ever-popular Mazda CX-3, and recently arrived Hyundai Kona.

So, is Haval's potential reflected in its current product offering? We spent a week living with the sharply priced H2 City to find out.

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2025 Kia Stonic Summary

Small SUVs have found plenty of favour in Australia and understandably so because they offer much in the way of urban-driving appeal.

And carmakers like Kia have near-perfected the art of fulfilling drivers' needs and wants and doing so with an end product that’s quite often also easy on the eyes.

But drivers – even drivers of small SUVs – like some poke in their engine. To that end, Kia has punched some turbocharged oomph into its Stonic line-up with the introduction of the 1.0-litre, three-cylinder turbo-petrol engine previously offered only in the top-spec GT-Line.

Now there’s also more safety gear onboard than in previous versions, but – of course – prices have increased, as well.

Is the mid-spec Stonic Sport the best buy in the three-grade line-up?

Read on.

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