Mercedes-Benz GLS350 vs Toyota Blade
The Blade costs less to run, by the official figures: about $380 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
- $2,398
- $2,017 (better)
- New Zealand
- $1,941 (better)
- $2,432
- United Kingdom
- £1,696
- £1,477 (better)
- United States
- $2,683
- $1,879 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 7.5 L/100km
- 7.5 L/100km (better)
- On a full tank
- –
- 798 km
Space
- Seats
- –
- 5
- Length
- –
- 4,260 mm
- Weight
- –
- 1,400 kg
Engine
- Engine
- –
- 2.4 L 4-cylinder petrol
- Power
- –
- 125 kW
- Torque
- –
- 224 Nm
- Gearbox
- –
- CVT
- Drive
- –
- FWD
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.
GLS350 or Blade?
Which is cheaper to run, the Mercedes-Benz GLS350 or the Toyota Blade?
The Toyota Blade: about $380 a year less in Australia than the Mercedes-Benz GLS350 at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Mercedes-Benz GLS350 or the Toyota Blade?
The Toyota Blade, at 7.5 L/100km (38 mpg UK, 31 mpg US) to the Mercedes-Benz GLS350's 7.5 L/100km (37 mpg UK, 31 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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