BMW Z4 vs Mazda MX-5
The MX-5 costs less to run, by the official figures: about $780 a year less in New Zealand, $640 in Australia, £470 in the UK and $600 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
- $3,043
- $2,264 (better)
- Australia
- $2,517
- $1,873 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £1,849
- £1,375 (better)
- United States
- $2,351
- $1,749 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 9.4 L/100km
- 7.0 L/100km (better)
- UK
- 30 mpg
- 40 mpg (better)
- US
- 25 mpg
- 34 mpg (better)
- On a full tank
- 553 km
- 643 km (better)
Space
- Seats
- 2
- 2
- Boot
- –
- 144 L
- Length
- 4,324 mm
- 3,915 mm
- Weight
- 1,470 kg
- 1,000 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder turbo petrol
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder petrol
- Power
- 145 kW (better)
- 135 kW
- Torque
- 320 Nm (better)
- 205 Nm
- Gearbox
- 8-speed automatic
- 6-speed manual
- Drive
- RWD
- RWD
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.
Z4 or MX-5?
Which is cheaper to run, the BMW Z4 or the Mazda MX-5?
The Mazda MX-5: about $780 a year less in New Zealand, $640 in Australia, £470 in the UK and $600 in the US than the BMW Z4 at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the BMW Z4 or the Mazda MX-5?
The Mazda MX-5, at 7.0 L/100km (40 mpg UK, 34 mpg US) to the BMW Z4's 9.4 L/100km (30 mpg UK, 25 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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