Hyundai Elantra vs Mercedes-Benz C250
The Elantra costs less to run, by the official figures: about $20 a year less in New Zealand, $10 in Australia, £10 in the UK and $10 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
- $1,520 (better)
- $1,536
- Australia
- $1,257 (better)
- $1,271
- United Kingdom
- £923 (better)
- £933
- United States
- $1,174 (better)
- $1,187
Official figures
- Uses
- 4.7 L/100km (better)
- 4.8 L/100km
- UK
- 60 mpg (better)
- 59 mpg
- US
- 50 mpg (better)
- 50 mpg
- On a full tank
- 1,000 km
- –
Space
- Seats
- 5
- –
- Boot
- 458 L
- –
- Towing, braked
- 1,200 kg
- –
- Length
- 4,620 mm
- –
- Weight
- 1,302 kg
- –
Engine
- Engine
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder naturally aspirated petrol
- –
- Power
- 112 kW
- –
- Torque
- 192 Nm
- –
- Gearbox
- CVT
- –
- Drive
- FWD
- –
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Airbags
- 7
- –
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.
Elantra or C250?
Which is cheaper to run, the Hyundai Elantra or the Mercedes-Benz C250?
The Hyundai Elantra: about $20 a year less in New Zealand, $10 in Australia, £10 in the UK and $10 in the US than the Mercedes-Benz C250 at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Hyundai Elantra or the Mercedes-Benz C250?
The Hyundai Elantra, at 4.7 L/100km (60 mpg UK, 50 mpg US) to the Mercedes-Benz C250's 4.8 L/100km (59 mpg UK, 50 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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