Honda Airwave vs Volvo V50
The V50 costs less to run, by the official figures: about $310 a year less in New Zealand, $260 in Australia, £190 in the UK and $240 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
- $1,811
- $1,497 (better)
- Australia
- $1,502
- $1,242 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £1,100
- £910 (better)
- United States
- $1,399
- $1,157 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 5.6 L/100km
- 4.6 L/100km (better)
- UK
- 50 mpg
- 61 mpg (better)
- US
- 42 mpg
- 51 mpg (better)
- On a full tank
- 750 km
- 1,339 km (better)
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- –
- 417 L
- Length
- 4,351 mm
- 4,522 mm
- Weight
- 1,190 kg
- 1,400 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 1.5 L 4-cylinder petrol
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder turbo diesel
- Power
- 81 kW
- 100 kW (better)
- Torque
- 143 Nm
- 320 Nm (better)
- Gearbox
- CVT
- 6-speed manual
- Drive
- FWD
- FWD
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.
Airwave or V50?
Which is cheaper to run, the Honda Airwave or the Volvo V50?
The Volvo V50: about $310 a year less in New Zealand, $260 in Australia, £190 in the UK and $240 in the US than the Honda Airwave at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Honda Airwave or the Volvo V50?
The Volvo V50, at 4.6 L/100km (61 mpg UK, 51 mpg US) to the Honda Airwave's 5.6 L/100km (50 mpg UK, 42 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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