Audi A8 vs Maserati Quattroporte
The A8 costs less to run, by the official figures: about $550 a year less in New Zealand, $450 in Australia, £330 in the UK and $420 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
- $3,457 (better)
- $4,004
- Australia
- $2,864 (better)
- $3,319
- United Kingdom
- £2,100 (better)
- £2,432
- United States
- $2,671 (better)
- $3,093
Official figures
- Uses
- 10.7 L/100km (better)
- 12.4 L/100km
- UK
- 26 mpg (better)
- 23 mpg
- US
- 22 mpg (better)
- 19 mpg
- On a full tank
- 674 km (better)
- 646 km
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- 524 L
- –
- Length
- 5,172 mm
- 5,262 mm
- Weight
- 1,640 kg
- –
Engine
- Engine
- 3.0 L V6 turbo petrol mild hybrid
- 3.0 L V6 twin-turbo petrol
- Power
- 250 kW
- 257 kW (better)
- Torque
- 500 Nm
- 500 Nm
- Gearbox
- 8-speed automatic
- 8-speed automatic
- Drive
- AWD
- RWD
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.
A8 or Quattroporte?
Which is cheaper to run, the Audi A8 or the Maserati Quattroporte?
The Audi A8: about $550 a year less in New Zealand, $450 in Australia, £330 in the UK and $420 in the US than the Maserati Quattroporte at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Audi A8 or the Maserati Quattroporte?
The Audi A8, at 10.7 L/100km (26 mpg UK, 22 mpg US) to the Maserati Quattroporte's 12.4 L/100km (23 mpg UK, 19 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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