Ford Contour vs Lexus Is
The Is costs less to run, by the official figures: about $160 a year less in New Zealand, $140 in Australia, £100 in the UK and $130 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
- $3,622
- $3,457 (better)
- Australia
- $3,000
- $2,864 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £2,200
- £2,100 (better)
- United States
- $2,798
- $2,671 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 11.2 L/100km
- 10.7 L/100km (better)
- UK
- 25 mpg
- 26 mpg (better)
- US
- 21 mpg
- 22 mpg (better)
- On a full tank
- –
- 655 km
Space
- Seats
- –
- 5
- Boot
- –
- 480 L
- Length
- –
- 4,710 mm
- Weight
- –
- 1,535 kg
Engine
- Engine
- –
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder turbo-petrol
- Power
- –
- 180 kW
- Torque
- –
- 350 Nm
- Gearbox
- –
- 8-speed automatic
- Drive
- –
- RWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- –
- ★★★★★
- 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.
Contour or Is?
Which is cheaper to run, the Ford Contour or the Lexus Is?
The Lexus Is: about $160 a year less in New Zealand, $140 in Australia, £100 in the UK and $130 in the US than the Ford Contour at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Ford Contour or the Lexus Is?
The Lexus Is, at 10.7 L/100km (26 mpg UK, 22 mpg US) to the Ford Contour's 11.2 L/100km (25 mpg UK, 21 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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