Holden Vectra vs Mercedes-Benz ML300
The ML300 costs less to run, by the official figures: about $600 a year less in New Zealand.
Side by side
Specs are for each car's newest version. The better figure is in green.
A typical year's fuel
- New Zealand
- $2,943
- $2,342 (better)
- Australia
- $2,434 (better)
- $2,891
- United Kingdom
- £1,788 (better)
- £2,047
- United States
- $2,274 (better)
- $3,238
Official figures
- Uses
- 9.1 L/100km
- 9.1 L/100km
- UK
- 31 mpg
- 31 mpg
- US
- 26 mpg
- 26 mpg
- On a full tank
- 659 km
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Space
- Seats
- 5
- –
- Boot
- 923 L
- –
- Length
- 4,595 mm
- –
- Weight
- 1,393 kg
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Engine
- Engine
- 2.2 L 4-cylinder petrol
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- Power
- 125 kW
- –
- Torque
- 250 Nm
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- Gearbox
- 4-speed automatic
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- Drive
- FWD
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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.
Vectra or ML300?
Which is cheaper to run, the Holden Vectra or the Mercedes-Benz ML300?
The Mercedes-Benz ML300: about $600 a year less in New Zealand than the Holden Vectra at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
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