Mercedes-Benz GL-Class vs Volkswagen Touareg
Official fuel use, running costs and specs, side by side.
Side by side
Specs are for each car's newest version. The better figure is in green.
A typical year's fuel
- New Zealand
- $2,490 (better)
- $2,506
- Australia
- $2,066 (better)
- $2,078
- United Kingdom
- £1,513 (better)
- £1,523
- United States
- $1,924 (better)
- $1,936
Official figures
- Uses
- 7.7 L/100km (better)
- 7.8 L/100km
- On a full tank
- –
- 968 km
Space
- Seats
- 7
- 5
- Boot
- –
- 697 L
- Towing, braked
- –
- 3,500 kg
- Length
- 5,207 mm
- 4,878 mm
- Weight
- –
- 2,070 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 3.0 L 6-cylinder turbo petrol mild hybrid
- 3.0 L V6 turbo diesel
- Power
- 270 kW (better)
- 170 kW
- Torque
- 500 Nm
- 500 Nm
- Gearbox
- 9-speed automatic
- 8-speed automatic
- Drive
- AWD
- AWD
Safety
- Euro NCAP
- –
- ★★★★★
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.
GL-Class or Touareg?
Which uses less fuel, the Mercedes-Benz GL-Class or the Volkswagen Touareg?
The Mercedes-Benz GL-Class, at 7.7 L/100km (37 mpg UK, 31 mpg US) to the Volkswagen Touareg's 7.8 L/100km (36 mpg UK, 30 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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