Porsche Boxster vs Volkswagen Cabriolet
The Boxster costs less to run, by the official figures: about $290 a year less in New Zealand, $240 in Australia, £170 in the UK and $220 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
- $3,169 (better)
- $3,457
- Australia
- $2,626 (better)
- $2,862
- United Kingdom
- £1,925 (better)
- £2,100
- United States
- $2,449 (better)
- $2,671
Official figures
- Uses
- 9.8 L/100km (better)
- 10.7 L/100km
- UK
- 29 mpg (better)
- 26 mpg
- US
- 24 mpg (better)
- 22 mpg
- On a full tank
- 653 km
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Space
- Seats
- 2
- –
- Length
- 4,379 mm
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- Weight
- 1,335 kg
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Engine
- Engine
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder turbo petrol
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- Power
- 220 kW
- –
- Torque
- 380 Nm
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- Gearbox
- 6-speed manual
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- Drive
- RWD
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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.
Boxster or Cabriolet?
Which is cheaper to run, the Porsche Boxster or the Volkswagen Cabriolet?
The Porsche Boxster: about $290 a year less in New Zealand, $240 in Australia, £170 in the UK and $220 in the US than the Volkswagen Cabriolet at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Porsche Boxster or the Volkswagen Cabriolet?
The Porsche Boxster, at 9.8 L/100km (29 mpg UK, 24 mpg US) to the Volkswagen Cabriolet's 10.7 L/100km (26 mpg UK, 22 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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