Hyundai Santa Fe vs Mercury Lynx
The Santa Fe costs less to run, by the official figures: about $360 a year less in New Zealand, $300 in Australia, £220 in the UK and $280 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
- $1,811 (better)
- $2,173
- Australia
- $1,501 (better)
- $1,801
- United Kingdom
- £1,100 (better)
- £1,320
- United States
- $1,399 (better)
- $1,679
Official figures
- Uses
- 5.6 L/100km (better)
- 6.7 L/100km
- UK
- 50 mpg (better)
- 42 mpg
- US
- 42 mpg (better)
- 35 mpg
- On a full tank
- 1,143 km
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Space
- Seats
- 7
- –
- Boot
- 382 L
- –
- Towing, braked
- 2,500 kg
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- Length
- 4,785 mm
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- Weight
- 1,735 kg
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Engine
- Engine
- 3.5 L V6 petrol
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- Power
- 200 kW
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- Torque
- 331 Nm
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- Gearbox
- 8-speed automatic
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- Drive
- FWD
- –
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Euro NCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Airbags
- 7
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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.
Santa Fe or Lynx?
Which is cheaper to run, the Hyundai Santa Fe or the Mercury Lynx?
The Hyundai Santa Fe: about $360 a year less in New Zealand, $300 in Australia, £220 in the UK and $280 in the US than the Mercury Lynx at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Hyundai Santa Fe or the Mercury Lynx?
The Hyundai Santa Fe, at 5.6 L/100km (50 mpg UK, 42 mpg US) to the Mercury Lynx's 6.7 L/100km (42 mpg UK, 35 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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