Dodge Caravan vs Mercury Monterey
The Caravan costs less to run, by the official figures: about $470 a year less in New Zealand, $390 in Australia, £290 in the UK and $360 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)
- $4,476
- Australia
- $3,312 (better)
- $3,702
- United Kingdom
- £2,432 (better)
- £2,719
- United States
- $3,093 (better)
- $3,458
Official figures
- Uses
- 12.4 L/100km (better)
- 13.8 L/100km
- UK
- 23 mpg (better)
- 20 mpg
- US
- 19 mpg (better)
- 17 mpg
- On a full tank
- 611 km (better)
- 556 km
Space
- Seats
- 7
- 7
- Boot
- 881 L
- –
- Towing, braked
- 1,633 kg
- –
- Length
- 5,174 mm
- 5,121 mm
- Weight
- 2,046 kg
- 2,000 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 3.6 L V6 petrol
- 4.2 L V6 petrol
- Power
- 211 kW (better)
- 150 kW
- Torque
- 353 Nm
- 357 Nm (better)
- Gearbox
- 6-speed automatic
- 4-speed automatic
- Drive
- FWD
- FWD
Safety
- Airbags
- 7
- –
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.
Caravan or Monterey?
Which is cheaper to run, the Dodge Caravan or the Mercury Monterey?
The Dodge Caravan: about $470 a year less in New Zealand, $390 in Australia, £290 in the UK and $360 in the US than the Mercury Monterey at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Dodge Caravan or the Mercury Monterey?
The Dodge Caravan, at 12.4 L/100km (23 mpg UK, 19 mpg US) to the Mercury Monterey's 13.8 L/100km (20 mpg UK, 17 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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