Chevrolet Cavalier vs Lexus ES300
The Cavalier costs less to run, by the official figures: about $60 a year less in New Zealand, $50 in Australia, £40 in the UK and $50 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 (better)
- $3,105
- Australia
- $2,521 (better)
- $2,572
- United Kingdom
- £1,849 (better)
- £1,886
- United States
- $2,351 (better)
- $2,399
Official figures
- Uses
- 9.4 L/100km (better)
- 9.6 L/100km
- UK
- 30 mpg (better)
- 29 mpg
- US
- 25 mpg (better)
- 25 mpg
- On a full tank
- 606 km (better)
- 521 km
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- 375 L
- –
- Length
- 4,593 mm
- 4,975 mm
- Weight
- 1,203 kg
- 1,680 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 2.2 L 4-cylinder petrol
- 2.5 L 4-cylinder hybrid
- Power
- 90 kW
- 160 kW (better)
- Torque
- 193 Nm
- –
- Gearbox
- 4-speed automatic
- CVT
- Drive
- FWD
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- –
- ★★★★★
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.
Cavalier or ES300?
Which is cheaper to run, the Chevrolet Cavalier or the Lexus ES300?
The Chevrolet Cavalier: about $60 a year less in New Zealand, $50 in Australia, £40 in the UK and $50 in the US than the Lexus ES300 at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Chevrolet Cavalier or the Lexus ES300?
The Chevrolet Cavalier, at 9.4 L/100km (30 mpg UK, 25 mpg US) to the Lexus ES300's 9.6 L/100km (29 mpg UK, 25 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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