Holden Trailblazer vs Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class
The Trailblazer costs less to run, by the official figures: about $600 a year less in New Zealand.
Side by side
Specs are for each car's newest version. The better figure is in green.
A typical year's fuel
- New Zealand
- $2,214 (better)
- $2,817
- Australia
- $2,735
- $2,335 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £1,935
- £1,711 (better)
- United States
- $3,061
- $2,176 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 8.6 L/100km (better)
- 8.7 L/100km
- UK
- 33 mpg (better)
- 32 mpg
- US
- 27 mpg (better)
- 27 mpg
- On a full tank
- 884 km (better)
- 758 km
Space
- Seats
- 7
- 5
- Boot
- –
- 450 L
- Towing, braked
- 3,000 kg
- –
- Length
- 4,887 mm
- 4,536 mm
- Weight
- 2,125 kg
- –
Engine
- Engine
- 2.8 L 4-cylinder turbo diesel
- 3.0 L V6 petrol
- Power
- 147 kW
- 170 kW (better)
- Torque
- 500 Nm (better)
- 300 Nm
- Gearbox
- 6-speed automatic
- 7-speed automatic
- Drive
- 4WD
- AWD
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.
Trailblazer or GLK-Class?
Which is cheaper to run, the Holden Trailblazer or the Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class?
The Holden Trailblazer: about $600 a year less in New Zealand than the Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Holden Trailblazer or the Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class?
The Holden Trailblazer, at 8.6 L/100km (33 mpg UK, 27 mpg US) to the Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class's 8.7 L/100km (32 mpg UK, 27 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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