Chevrolet Corvette vs Mercedes-Benz SLS Amg
The Corvette costs less to run, by the official figures: about $1,070 a year less in New Zealand, $880 in Australia, £650 in the UK and $820 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
- $4,004 (better)
- $5,071
- Australia
- $3,317 (better)
- $4,198
- United Kingdom
- £2,432 (better)
- £3,081
- United States
- $3,093 (better)
- $3,918
Official figures
- Uses
- 12.4 L/100km (better)
- 15.7 L/100km
- UK
- 23 mpg (better)
- 18 mpg
- US
- 19 mpg (better)
- 15 mpg
Space
- Seats
- 2
- –
- Length
- 4,630 mm
- –
Engine
- Engine
- 6.2 L V8 petrol
- –
- Power
- 369 kW
- –
- Torque
- 637 Nm
- –
- Gearbox
- 8-speed dual-clutch
- –
- Drive
- 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.
Corvette or SLS Amg?
Which is cheaper to run, the Chevrolet Corvette or the Mercedes-Benz SLS Amg?
The Chevrolet Corvette: about $1,070 a year less in New Zealand, $880 in Australia, £650 in the UK and $820 in the US than the Mercedes-Benz SLS Amg at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Chevrolet Corvette or the Mercedes-Benz SLS Amg?
The Chevrolet Corvette, at 12.4 L/100km (23 mpg UK, 19 mpg US) to the Mercedes-Benz SLS Amg's 15.7 L/100km (18 mpg UK, 15 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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