Lexus LX450D vs Mercedes-Benz E-Class
The LX450D costs less to run, by the official figures: about $600 a year less in New Zealand.
Side by side
Specs are for each car's newest version. The better figure is in green.
A typical year's fuel
- New Zealand
- $2,445 (better)
- $3,043
- Australia
- $3,019
- $2,517 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £2,137
- £1,849 (better)
- United States
- $3,381
- $2,351 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 9.5 L/100km
- 9.4 L/100km (better)
- UK
- 30 mpg
- 30 mpg (better)
- US
- 25 mpg
- 25 mpg (better)
- On a full tank
- –
- 531 km
Space
- Seats
- –
- 5
- Boot
- –
- 540 L
- Towing, braked
- –
- 1,900 kg
- Length
- –
- 4,935 mm
- Weight
- –
- 1,700 kg
Engine
- Engine
- –
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder turbo petrol mild hybrid
- Power
- –
- 145 kW
- Torque
- –
- 320 Nm
- Gearbox
- –
- 9-speed automatic
- Drive
- –
- RWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- –
- ★★★★★
- Euro NCAP
- –
- ★★★★★
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.
LX450D or E-Class?
Which is cheaper to run, the Lexus LX450D or the Mercedes-Benz E-Class?
The Lexus LX450D: about $600 a year less in New Zealand than the Mercedes-Benz E-Class at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Lexus LX450D or the Mercedes-Benz E-Class?
The Mercedes-Benz E-Class, at 9.4 L/100km (30 mpg UK, 25 mpg US) to the Lexus LX450D's 9.5 L/100km (30 mpg UK, 25 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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