Chevrolet Malibu vs Mercedes-Benz CLA250
The Malibu costs less to run, by the official figures: about $50 a year less in New Zealand, $40 in Australia, £30 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 (better)
- $2,503
- Australia
- $2,030 (better)
- $2,071
- United Kingdom
- £1,491 (better)
- £1,521
- United States
- $1,896 (better)
- $1,934
Official figures
- Uses
- 7.6 L/100km (better)
- 7.7 L/100km
- UK
- 37 mpg (better)
- 36 mpg
- US
- 31 mpg (better)
- 30 mpg
- On a full tank
- 788 km
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Space
- Seats
- 5
- –
- Boot
- 445 L
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- Towing, braked
- 454 kg
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- Length
- 4,933 mm
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- Weight
- 1,422 kg
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Engine
- Engine
- 1.5 L turbocharged 4-cylinder petrol
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- Power
- 119 kW
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- Torque
- 249 Nm
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- Gearbox
- Continuously variable automatic
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- Drive
- FWD
- –
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Euro NCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Airbags
- 6
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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 CLA250?
Which is cheaper to run, the Chevrolet Malibu or the Mercedes-Benz CLA250?
The Chevrolet Malibu: about $50 a year less in New Zealand, $40 in Australia, £30 in the UK and $40 in the US than the Mercedes-Benz CLA250 at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Chevrolet Malibu or the Mercedes-Benz CLA250?
The Chevrolet Malibu, at 7.6 L/100km (37 mpg UK, 31 mpg US) to the Mercedes-Benz CLA250's 7.7 L/100km (36 mpg UK, 30 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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