Mazda Bongo vs Mercedes-Benz A45
The A45 costs less to run, by the official figures: about $340 a year less in New Zealand, $280 in Australia, £210 in the UK and $260 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
- $2,684
- $2,341 (better)
- Australia
- $2,224
- $1,940 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £1,631
- £1,422 (better)
- United States
- $2,074
- $1,809 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 8.3 L/100km
- 7.2 L/100km (better)
- UK
- 34 mpg
- 39 mpg (better)
- US
- 28 mpg
- 32 mpg (better)
Space
- Seats
- 3
- –
Engine
- Engine
- 2.2 L 4-cylinder turbo diesel
- –
- Gearbox
- 5-speed manual
- –
- Drive
- RWD
- –
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.
Bongo or A45?
Which is cheaper to run, the Mazda Bongo or the Mercedes-Benz A45?
The Mercedes-Benz A45: about $340 a year less in New Zealand, $280 in Australia, £210 in the UK and $260 in the US than the Mazda Bongo at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Mazda Bongo or the Mercedes-Benz A45?
The Mercedes-Benz A45, at 7.2 L/100km (39 mpg UK, 32 mpg US) to the Mazda Bongo's 8.3 L/100km (34 mpg UK, 28 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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