Honda Accord vs Toyota Lexus
The Accord costs less to run, by the official figures: about $10 a year less in New Zealand and $10 in Australia.
Side by side
Specs are for each car's newest version. The better figure is in green.
A typical year's fuel
- New Zealand
- $1,730 (better)
- $1,737
- Australia
- $1,431 (better)
- $1,438
- United Kingdom
- £1,051 (better)
- £1,055
- United States
- $1,337 (better)
- $1,342
Official figures
- Uses
- 5.4 L/100km (better)
- 5.4 L/100km
- UK
- 53 mpg (better)
- 53 mpg
- US
- 44 mpg (better)
- 44 mpg
- On a full tank
- 1,047 km
- –
Space
- Seats
- 5
- –
- Boot
- 473 L
- –
- Towing, braked
- 1,600 kg
- –
- Length
- 4,971 mm
- –
- Weight
- 1,469 kg
- –
Engine
- Engine
- 1.5 L turbocharged 4-cylinder petrol
- –
- Power
- 143 kW
- –
- Torque
- 260 Nm
- –
- Gearbox
- CVT
- –
- Drive
- FWD
- –
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Airbags
- 10
- –
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.
Accord or Lexus?
Which is cheaper to run, the Honda Accord or the Toyota Lexus?
The Honda Accord: about $10 a year less in New Zealand and $10 in Australia than the Toyota Lexus at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Honda Accord or the Toyota Lexus?
The Honda Accord, at 5.4 L/100km (53 mpg UK, 44 mpg US) to the Toyota Lexus's 5.4 L/100km (53 mpg UK, 44 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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