Chevrolet Spark vs Mercedes-Benz A250
The Spark 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
- $2,306 (better)
- $2,367
- Australia
- $1,907 (better)
- $1,958
- United Kingdom
- £1,401 (better)
- £1,438
- United States
- $1,781 (better)
- $1,829
Official figures
- Uses
- 7.1 L/100km (better)
- 7.3 L/100km
- UK
- 40 mpg (better)
- 39 mpg
- US
- 33 mpg (better)
- 32 mpg
- On a full tank
- 491 km
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Space
- Seats
- 5
- –
- Length
- 3,635 mm
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Engine
- Engine
- 1.4 L 4-cylinder petrol
- –
- Power
- 73 kW
- –
- Torque
- 127 Nm
- –
- Gearbox
- CVT
- –
- Drive
- FWD
- –
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.
Spark or A250?
Which is cheaper to run, the Chevrolet Spark or the Mercedes-Benz A250?
The Chevrolet Spark: about $60 a year less in New Zealand, $50 in Australia, £40 in the UK and $50 in the US than the Mercedes-Benz A250 at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Chevrolet Spark or the Mercedes-Benz A250?
The Chevrolet Spark, at 7.1 L/100km (40 mpg UK, 33 mpg US) to the Mercedes-Benz A250's 7.3 L/100km (39 mpg UK, 32 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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