Holden Calais vs Hyundai Excel
The Calais costs less to run, by the official figures: about $40 a year less in Australia.

Side by side
Specs are for each car's newest version. The better figure is in green.
A typical year's fuel
- Australia
- $2,297 (better)
- $2,334
- New Zealand
- $2,772 (better)
- $2,817
- United Kingdom
- £1,684 (better)
- £1,711
- United States
- $2,141 (better)
- $2,176
Official figures
- Uses
- 8.6 L/100km (better)
- 8.7 L/100km
- On a full tank
- 828 km (better)
- 517 km
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- –
- 343 L
- Length
- 4,965 mm
- 4,110 mm
- Weight
- –
- 926 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder turbo petrol
- 1.5 L 4-cylinder petrol
- Power
- 191 kW (better)
- 64 kW
- Torque
- 350 Nm (better)
- 124 Nm
- Gearbox
- 9-speed automatic
- 4-speed automatic
- Drive
- FWD
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
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.
Calais or Excel?
Which is cheaper to run, the Holden Calais or the Hyundai Excel?
The Holden Calais: about $40 a year less in Australia than the Hyundai Excel at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Holden Calais or the Hyundai Excel?
The Holden Calais, at 8.6 L/100km (33 mpg UK, 27 mpg US) to the Hyundai Excel's 8.7 L/100km (32 mpg UK, 27 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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