Mazda 3 vs Mitsubishi Mirage
The Mirage costs less to run, by the official figures: about $160 a year less in New Zealand, $130 in Australia, £100 in the UK and $120 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
- $1,779
- $1,617 (better)
- Australia
- $1,476
- $1,341 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £1,081
- £982 (better)
- United States
- $1,374
- $1,249 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 5.5 L/100km
- 5.0 L/100km (better)
- UK
- 51 mpg
- 56 mpg (better)
- US
- 43 mpg
- 47 mpg (better)
- On a full tank
- 909 km (better)
- 700 km
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- 385 L (better)
- 235 L
- Length
- 4,460 mm
- 3,795 mm
- Weight
- 1,287 kg
- 875 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder petrol
- 1.2 L 3-cylinder petrol
- Power
- 132 kW (better)
- 57 kW
- Torque
- 224 Nm (better)
- 102 Nm
- Gearbox
- 6-speed automatic
- CVT
- Drive
- FWD
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- ★★★★★
- Euro NCAP
- ★★★★★ (better)
- ★★★★☆
- Airbags
- 8 (better)
- 6
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.
3 or Mirage?
Which is cheaper to run, the Mazda 3 or the Mitsubishi Mirage?
The Mitsubishi Mirage: about $160 a year less in New Zealand, $130 in Australia, £100 in the UK and $120 in the US than the Mazda 3 at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Mazda 3 or the Mitsubishi Mirage?
The Mitsubishi Mirage, at 5.0 L/100km (56 mpg UK, 47 mpg US) to the Mazda 3's 5.5 L/100km (51 mpg UK, 43 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
Which has the bigger boot, the Mazda 3 or the Mitsubishi Mirage?
The Mazda 3, at 385 L to the Mitsubishi Mirage's 235 L, for their newest versions.
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