Dodge Dart vs Subaru WRX
The Dart costs less to run, by the official figures: about $90 a year less in New Zealand, $80 in Australia, £60 in the UK and $70 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
- $2,817 (better)
- $2,911
- Australia
- $2,331 (better)
- $2,408
- United Kingdom
- £1,711 (better)
- £1,768
- United States
- $2,176 (better)
- $2,249
Official figures
- Uses
- 8.7 L/100km (better)
- 9.0 L/100km
- UK
- 32 mpg (better)
- 31 mpg
- US
- 27 mpg (better)
- 26 mpg
- On a full tank
- 654 km
- 700 km (better)
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Length
- 4,666 mm
- 4,670 mm
- Weight
- –
- 1,519 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 2.4 L 4-cylinder petrol
- 2.4 L turbocharged horizontally opposed 4-cylinder petrol
- Power
- 137 kW
- 202 kW (better)
- Torque
- 232 Nm
- 350 Nm (better)
- Gearbox
- 6-speed automatic
- 6-speed manual
- Drive
- FWD
- AWD
Safety
- Airbags
- –
- 8
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.
Dart or WRX?
Which is cheaper to run, the Dodge Dart or the Subaru WRX?
The Dodge Dart: about $90 a year less in New Zealand, $80 in Australia, £60 in the UK and $70 in the US than the Subaru WRX at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Dodge Dart or the Subaru WRX?
The Dodge Dart, at 8.7 L/100km (32 mpg UK, 27 mpg US) to the Subaru WRX's 9.0 L/100km (31 mpg UK, 26 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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