BMW 420I vs Toyota Celica
The 420I costs less to run, by the official figures: about $100 a year less in New Zealand, $80 in Australia, £60 in the UK and $70 in the US.
Side by side
Specs are for each car's newest version. The better figure is in green.
A typical year's fuel
- New Zealand
- $2,458 (better)
- $2,555
- Australia
- $2,033 (better)
- $2,113
- United Kingdom
- £1,493 (better)
- £1,552
- United States
- $1,899 (better)
- $1,974
Official figures
- Uses
- 7.6 L/100km (better)
- 7.9 L/100km
- UK
- 37 mpg (better)
- 36 mpg
- US
- 31 mpg (better)
- 30 mpg
- On a full tank
- 776 km
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Space
- Seats
- 4
- 4
- Boot
- 440 L
- –
- Length
- 4,768 mm
- 4,335 mm
- Weight
- 1,560 kg
- –
Engine
- Engine
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder turbo petrol
- 1.8 L 4-cylinder petrol
- Power
- 135 kW (better)
- 103 kW
- Torque
- 300 Nm (better)
- 170 Nm
- Gearbox
- 8-speed automatic
- 5-speed manual
- Drive
- RWD
- FWD
A typical year: New Zealand 11,000 km (Ministry of Transport's average for a light vehicle); Australia 11,100 km (ABS Survey of Motor Vehicle Use average); United Kingdom 11,265 km (DfT National Travel Survey average of about 7,000 miles); United States 21,726 km (FHWA average of about 13,500 miles). Real costs depend on how and where you drive. Work out a particular trip.
420I or Celica?
Which is cheaper to run, the BMW 420I or the Toyota Celica?
The BMW 420I: about $100 a year less in New Zealand, $80 in Australia, £60 in the UK and $70 in the US than the Toyota Celica at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the BMW 420I or the Toyota Celica?
The BMW 420I, at 7.6 L/100km (37 mpg UK, 31 mpg US) to the Toyota Celica's 7.9 L/100km (36 mpg UK, 30 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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