Dodge Charger vs Ford Taurus
The Charger costs less to run, by the official figures: about $2,850 a year less in New Zealand, $2,330 in Australia, £1,680 in the UK and $2,040 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
- $1,156 (better)
- $4,004
- Australia
- $987 (better)
- $3,317
- United Kingdom
- £750 (better)
- £2,432
- United States
- $1,054 (better)
- $3,093
Official figures
- Uses
- 27.0 kWh/100km
- 12.4 L/100km
- UK
- 2.3 mi/kWh
- 23 mpg
- US
- 78 MPGe
- 19 mpg
- Range
- 387 km
- 574 km (better)
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- 467 L
- 569 L (better)
- Length
- 5,039 mm
- 5,154 mm
- Weight
- 1,798 kg
- 1,862 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 3.6 L V6 petrol
- 3.5 L V6 petrol
- Power
- 218 kW (better)
- 197 kW
- Torque
- 353 Nm
- 355 Nm (better)
- Gearbox
- 8-speed automatic
- 6-speed automatic
- Drive
- RWD
- FWD
Safety
- Airbags
- 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.
Charger or Taurus?
Which is cheaper to run, the Dodge Charger or the Ford Taurus?
The Dodge Charger: about $2,850 a year less in New Zealand, $2,330 in Australia, £1,680 in the UK and $2,040 in the US than the Ford Taurus at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which has the bigger boot, the Dodge Charger or the Ford Taurus?
The Ford Taurus, at 569 L to the Dodge Charger's 467 L, for their newest versions.
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