Kia Sportage vs Mercury Lynx
The Sportage costs less to run, by the official figures: about $560 a year less in New Zealand, $460 in Australia, £340 in the UK and $430 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
- $1,617 (better)
- $2,173
- Australia
- $1,340 (better)
- $1,801
- United Kingdom
- £982 (better)
- £1,320
- United States
- $1,249 (better)
- $1,679
Official figures
- Uses
- 5.0 L/100km (better)
- 6.7 L/100km
- UK
- 56 mpg (better)
- 42 mpg
- US
- 47 mpg (better)
- 35 mpg
- On a full tank
- 1,080 km
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Space
- Seats
- 5
- –
- Boot
- 543 L
- –
- Towing, braked
- 1,650 kg
- –
- Length
- 4,660 mm
- –
- Weight
- 1,555 kg
- –
Engine
- Engine
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder petrol
- –
- Power
- 115 kW
- –
- Torque
- 192 Nm
- –
- Gearbox
- 6-speed automatic
- –
- Drive
- FWD
- –
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Euro NCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- 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.
Sportage or Lynx?
Which is cheaper to run, the Kia Sportage or the Mercury Lynx?
The Kia Sportage: about $560 a year less in New Zealand, $460 in Australia, £340 in the UK and $430 in the US than the Mercury Lynx at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Kia Sportage or the Mercury Lynx?
The Kia Sportage, at 5.0 L/100km (56 mpg UK, 47 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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