Chevrolet Malibu vs Holden Cruze
The Cruze costs less to run, by the official figures: about $60 a year less in New Zealand, $50 in Australia, £40 in the UK and $40 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
- $2,455
- $2,396 (better)
- Australia
- $2,030
- $1,984 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £1,491
- £1,456 (better)
- United States
- $1,896
- $1,851 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 7.6 L/100km
- 7.4 L/100km (better)
- UK
- 37 mpg
- 38 mpg (better)
- US
- 31 mpg
- 32 mpg (better)
- On a full tank
- 788 km (better)
- 702 km
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- 445 L (better)
- 440 L
- Towing, braked
- 454 kg
- 1,200 kg (better)
- Length
- 4,933 mm
- 4,665 mm
- Weight
- 1,422 kg
- 1,307 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 1.5 L turbocharged 4-cylinder petrol
- 1.4 L 4-cylinder turbo flex-fuel petrol/ethanol
- Power
- 119 kW (better)
- 110 kW
- Torque
- 249 Nm (better)
- 235 Nm
- Gearbox
- Continuously variable automatic
- 6-speed automatic
- Drive
- FWD
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- ★★★★★
- Euro NCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Airbags
- 6
- 6
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.
Malibu or Cruze?
Which is cheaper to run, the Chevrolet Malibu or the Holden Cruze?
The Holden Cruze: about $60 a year less in New Zealand, $50 in Australia, £40 in the UK and $40 in the US than the Chevrolet Malibu at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Chevrolet Malibu or the Holden Cruze?
The Holden Cruze, at 7.4 L/100km (38 mpg UK, 32 mpg US) to the Chevrolet Malibu's 7.6 L/100km (37 mpg UK, 31 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
Which has the bigger boot, the Chevrolet Malibu or the Holden Cruze?
The Chevrolet Malibu, at 445 L to the Holden Cruze's 440 L, for their newest versions.
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