Bentley Continental vs Toyota Soarer
The Continental costs less to run, by the official figures: about $190 a year less in New Zealand, $160 in Australia, £120 in the UK and $150 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
- $3,622 (better)
- $3,813
- Australia
- $3,001 (better)
- $3,159
- United Kingdom
- £2,200 (better)
- £2,316
- United States
- $2,798 (better)
- $2,946
Official figures
- Uses
- 11.2 L/100km (better)
- 11.8 L/100km
- UK
- 25 mpg (better)
- 24 mpg
- US
- 21 mpg (better)
- 20 mpg
- On a full tank
- 804 km (better)
- 611 km
Space
- Seats
- 4
- 4
- Length
- 4,850 mm
- –
Engine
- Engine
- 4.0 L V8 twin-turbo petrol
- 3.0 L 6-cylinder turbo petrol
- Power
- 404 kW (better)
- 169 kW
- Torque
- 770 Nm (better)
- 324 Nm
- Gearbox
- 8-speed dual-clutch
- 4-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.
Continental or Soarer?
Which is cheaper to run, the Bentley Continental or the Toyota Soarer?
The Bentley Continental: about $190 a year less in New Zealand, $160 in Australia, £120 in the UK and $150 in the US than the Toyota Soarer at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Bentley Continental or the Toyota Soarer?
The Bentley Continental, at 11.2 L/100km (25 mpg UK, 21 mpg US) to the Toyota Soarer's 11.8 L/100km (24 mpg UK, 20 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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