Mercedes-Benz GLA250 vs Volkswagen Caravelle
The GLA250 costs less to run, by the official figures: about $20 a year less in New Zealand, $10 in Australia, £10 in the UK and $10 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
- $2,264 (better)
- $2,280
- Australia
- $1,876 (better)
- $1,887
- United Kingdom
- £1,375 (better)
- £1,385
- United States
- $1,749 (better)
- $1,761
Official figures
- Uses
- 7.0 L/100km (better)
- 7.1 L/100km
- UK
- 40 mpg (better)
- 40 mpg
- US
- 34 mpg (better)
- 33 mpg
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.
GLA250 or Caravelle?
Which is cheaper to run, the Mercedes-Benz GLA250 or the Volkswagen Caravelle?
The Mercedes-Benz GLA250: about $20 a year less in New Zealand, $10 in Australia, £10 in the UK and $10 in the US than the Volkswagen Caravelle at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Mercedes-Benz GLA250 or the Volkswagen Caravelle?
The Mercedes-Benz GLA250, at 7.0 L/100km (40 mpg UK, 34 mpg US) to the Volkswagen Caravelle's 7.1 L/100km (40 mpg UK, 33 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
Each on its own
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