Subaru Liberty vs Volvo S80
The Liberty costs less to run, by the official figures: about $10 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
- $2,610 (better)
- $2,623
- Australia
- $2,159 (better)
- $2,170
- United Kingdom
- £1,586 (better)
- £1,593
- United States
- $2,016 (better)
- $2,026
Official figures
- Uses
- 8.1 L/100km (better)
- 8.1 L/100km
- UK
- 35 mpg (better)
- 35 mpg
- US
- 29 mpg (better)
- 29 mpg
- On a full tank
- 867 km (better)
- 863 km
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- 493 L
- –
- Towing, braked
- 1,500 kg
- –
- Length
- 4,840 mm
- 4,851 mm
- Weight
- 1,577 kg
- –
Engine
- Engine
- 2.5 L flat-4 petrol
- 3.2 L 6-cylinder petrol
- Power
- 136 kW
- 175 kW (better)
- Torque
- 239 Nm
- 320 Nm (better)
- Gearbox
- CVT
- 6-speed automatic
- Drive
- AWD
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- ★★★★★
- Euro NCAP
- –
- ★★★★★
- Airbags
- 7
- –
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.
Liberty or S80?
Which is cheaper to run, the Subaru Liberty or the Volvo S80?
The Subaru Liberty: about $10 a year less in New Zealand, $10 in Australia, £10 in the UK and $10 in the US than the Volvo S80 at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Subaru Liberty or the Volvo S80?
The Subaru Liberty, at 8.1 L/100km (35 mpg UK, 29 mpg US) to the Volvo S80's 8.1 L/100km (35 mpg UK, 29 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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