Ford Shelby vs Rolls-Royce Phantom
The Shelby costs less to run, by the official figures: about $20 a year less in New Zealand, $10 in Australia, £10 in the UK and $10 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
- $5,417 (better)
- $5,433
- Australia
- $4,490 (better)
- $4,502
- United Kingdom
- £3,291 (better)
- £3,301
- United States
- $4,185 (better)
- $4,197
Official figures
- Uses
- 16.8 L/100km (better)
- 16.8 L/100km
- UK
- 17 mpg (better)
- 17 mpg
- US
- 14 mpg (better)
- 14 mpg
- On a full tank
- –
- 536 km
Space
- Seats
- –
- 5
- Boot
- –
- 548 L
- Length
- –
- 5,762 mm
- Weight
- –
- 2,560 kg
Engine
- Engine
- –
- 6.75 L V12 twin-turbo petrol
- Power
- –
- 420 kW
- Torque
- –
- 900 Nm
- Gearbox
- –
- 8-speed automatic
- Drive
- –
- 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.
Shelby or Phantom?
Which is cheaper to run, the Ford Shelby or the Rolls-Royce Phantom?
The Ford Shelby: about $20 a year less in New Zealand, $10 in Australia, £10 in the UK and $10 in the US than the Rolls-Royce Phantom at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Ford Shelby or the Rolls-Royce Phantom?
The Ford Shelby, at 16.8 L/100km (17 mpg UK, 14 mpg US) to the Rolls-Royce Phantom's 16.8 L/100km (17 mpg UK, 14 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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