Buick Lucerne vs Holden VY
The Lucerne costs less to run, by the official figures: about $1,180 a year less in New Zealand, $980 in Australia, £720 in the UK and $910 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
- $3,803 (better)
- $4,980
- Australia
- $3,151 (better)
- $4,126
- United Kingdom
- £2,310 (better)
- £3,026
- United States
- $2,938 (better)
- $3,848
Official figures
- Uses
- 11.8 L/100km (better)
- 15.4 L/100km
- UK
- 24 mpg (better)
- 18 mpg
- US
- 20 mpg (better)
- 15 mpg
- On a full tank
- 595 km (better)
- 487 km
Space
- Seats
- 6
- 5
- Boot
- 479 L
- –
- Length
- 5,161 mm
- 4,891 mm
- Weight
- 1,764 kg
- 1,500 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 3.8 L V6 petrol
- 3.8 L V6 petrol
- Power
- 169 kW (better)
- 152 kW
- Torque
- 321 Nm (better)
- 305 Nm
- Gearbox
- 4-speed automatic
- 4-speed automatic
- Drive
- FWD
- 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.
Lucerne or VY?
Which is cheaper to run, the Buick Lucerne or the Holden VY?
The Buick Lucerne: about $1,180 a year less in New Zealand, $980 in Australia, £720 in the UK and $910 in the US than the Holden VY at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Buick Lucerne or the Holden VY?
The Buick Lucerne, at 11.8 L/100km (24 mpg UK, 20 mpg US) to the Holden VY's 15.4 L/100km (18 mpg UK, 15 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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