Lexus IS250 vs Subaru WRX
The WRX costs less to run, by the official figures: about $70 a year less in New Zealand, $60 in Australia, £40 in the UK and $50 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
- $2,891
- $2,820 (better)
- Australia
- $2,396
- $2,337 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £1,756
- £1,713 (better)
- United States
- $2,234
- $2,179 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 8.9 L/100km
- 8.7 L/100km (better)
- UK
- 32 mpg
- 32 mpg (better)
- US
- 26 mpg
- 27 mpg (better)
- On a full tank
- 727 km (better)
- 722 km
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Length
- 4,585 mm
- 4,670 mm
- Weight
- 1,560 kg
- 1,519 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 2.5 L V6 petrol
- 2.4 L turbocharged horizontally opposed 4-cylinder petrol
- Power
- 153 kW
- 202 kW (better)
- Torque
- 252 Nm
- 350 Nm (better)
- Gearbox
- 6-speed automatic
- 6-speed manual
- Drive
- RWD
- AWD
Safety
- Airbags
- –
- 8
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.
IS250 or WRX?
Which is cheaper to run, the Lexus IS250 or the Subaru WRX?
The Subaru WRX: about $70 a year less in New Zealand, $60 in Australia, £40 in the UK and $50 in the US than the Lexus IS250 at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Lexus IS250 or the Subaru WRX?
The Subaru WRX, at 8.7 L/100km (32 mpg UK, 27 mpg US) to the Lexus IS250's 8.9 L/100km (32 mpg UK, 26 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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