Cadillac CTS vs Lexus ES300
The ES300 costs less to run, by the official figures: about $60 a year less in New Zealand, $50 in Australia, £40 in the UK and $50 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
- $3,169
- $3,105 (better)
- Australia
- $2,626
- $2,572 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £1,925
- £1,886 (better)
- United States
- $2,449
- $2,399 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 9.8 L/100km
- 9.6 L/100km (better)
- UK
- 29 mpg
- 29 mpg (better)
- US
- 24 mpg
- 25 mpg (better)
- On a full tank
- 724 km (better)
- 521 km
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Length
- 5,019 mm
- 4,975 mm
- Weight
- 1,880 kg
- 1,680 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder turbo petrol
- 2.5 L 4-cylinder hybrid
- Power
- 477 kW (better)
- 160 kW
- Torque
- 854 Nm
- –
- Gearbox
- 8-speed automatic
- CVT
- Drive
- RWD
- 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.
CTS or ES300?
Which is cheaper to run, the Cadillac CTS or the Lexus ES300?
The Lexus ES300: about $60 a year less in New Zealand, $50 in Australia, £40 in the UK and $50 in the US than the Cadillac CTS at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Cadillac CTS or the Lexus ES300?
The Lexus ES300, at 9.6 L/100km (29 mpg UK, 25 mpg US) to the Cadillac CTS's 9.8 L/100km (29 mpg UK, 24 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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