Fiat 500 vs Smart Forfour
The 500 costs less to run, by the official figures: about $40 a year less in New Zealand, $30 in Australia, £20 in the UK and $30 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
- $1,410 (better)
- $1,446
- Australia
- $1,168 (better)
- $1,198
- United Kingdom
- £857 (better)
- £878
- United States
- $1,089 (better)
- $1,117
Official figures
- Uses
- 4.4 L/100km (better)
- 4.5 L/100km
- UK
- 65 mpg (better)
- 63 mpg
- US
- 54 mpg (better)
- 53 mpg
- On a full tank
- 803 km
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Space
- Seats
- 4
- –
- Boot
- 185 L
- –
- Towing, braked
- 800 kg
- –
- Length
- 3,571 mm
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- Weight
- 980 kg
- –
Engine
- Engine
- 1.0 L 3-cylinder mild-hybrid petrol
- –
- Power
- 52 kW
- –
- Torque
- 90 Nm
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- Gearbox
- 6-speed manual
- –
- Drive
- FWD
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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.
500 or Forfour?
Which is cheaper to run, the Fiat 500 or the Smart Forfour?
The Fiat 500: about $40 a year less in New Zealand, $30 in Australia, £20 in the UK and $30 in the US than the Smart Forfour at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Fiat 500 or the Smart Forfour?
The Fiat 500, at 4.4 L/100km (65 mpg UK, 54 mpg US) to the Smart Forfour's 4.5 L/100km (63 mpg UK, 53 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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