Lexus GS vs Quantum Technologies Chevrolet Cavalier
The GS costs less to run, by the official figures: about $1,170 a year less in New Zealand, $970 in Australia, £710 in the UK and $900 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
- $2,455 (better)
- $3,622
- Australia
- $2,034 (better)
- $3,001
- United Kingdom
- £1,491 (better)
- £2,200
- United States
- $1,896 (better)
- $2,798
Official figures
- Uses
- 7.6 L/100km (better)
- 11.2 L/100km
- UK
- 37 mpg (better)
- 25 mpg
- US
- 31 mpg (better)
- 21 mpg
- On a full tank
- 870 km
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Space
- Seats
- 5
- –
- Length
- 4,880 mm
- –
Engine
- Engine
- 3.5 L V6 petrol
- –
- Power
- 233 kW
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- Torque
- 378 Nm
- –
- Gearbox
- 8-speed automatic
- –
- Drive
- RWD
- –
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
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.
GS or Chevrolet Cavalier?
Which is cheaper to run, the Lexus GS or the Quantum Technologies Chevrolet Cavalier?
The Lexus GS: about $1,170 a year less in New Zealand, $970 in Australia, £710 in the UK and $900 in the US than the Quantum Technologies Chevrolet Cavalier at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Lexus GS or the Quantum Technologies Chevrolet Cavalier?
The Lexus GS, at 7.6 L/100km (37 mpg UK, 31 mpg US) to the Quantum Technologies Chevrolet Cavalier's 11.2 L/100km (25 mpg UK, 21 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
Each on its own
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What will the drive cost?
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