Chevrolet Silverado 1500 vs GMC Sonoma
The Silverado 1500 costs less to run, by the official figures: about $430 a year less in New Zealand, $350 in Australia, £260 in the UK and $330 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
- $4,049 (better)
- $4,476
- Australia
- $3,360 (better)
- $3,715
- United Kingdom
- £2,460 (better)
- £2,719
- United States
- $3,128 (better)
- $3,458
Official figures
- Uses
- 12.5 L/100km (better)
- 13.8 L/100km
- UK
- 23 mpg (better)
- 20 mpg
- US
- 19 mpg (better)
- 17 mpg
- On a full tank
- 727 km
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Space
- Seats
- 5
- 3
- Boot
- 1,613 L
- –
- Length
- 5,886 mm
- –
- Weight
- 2,067 kg
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Engine
- Engine
- 5.3 L V8 petrol
- 2.2 L 4-cylinder petrol
- Power
- 265 kW (better)
- 88 kW
- Torque
- 519 Nm (better)
- 190 Nm
- Gearbox
- 10-speed automatic
- 5-speed manual
- Drive
- RWD
- 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.
Silverado 1500 or Sonoma?
Which is cheaper to run, the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 or the GMC Sonoma?
The Chevrolet Silverado 1500: about $430 a year less in New Zealand, $350 in Australia, £260 in the UK and $330 in the US than the GMC Sonoma at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 or the GMC Sonoma?
The Chevrolet Silverado 1500, at 12.5 L/100km (23 mpg UK, 19 mpg US) to the GMC Sonoma's 13.8 L/100km (20 mpg UK, 17 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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