Mazda CX-9 vs Mercedes-Benz GLB-Class
The GLB-Class costs less to run, by the official figures: about $90 a year less in New Zealand, $80 in Australia, £60 in the UK and $70 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
- $2,907
- $2,817 (better)
- Australia
- $2,412
- $2,335 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £1,766
- £1,711 (better)
- United States
- $2,246
- $2,176 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 9.0 L/100km
- 8.7 L/100km (better)
- UK
- 31 mpg
- 32 mpg (better)
- US
- 26 mpg
- 27 mpg (better)
- On a full tank
- 823 km (better)
- 597 km
Space
- Seats
- 7
- 5
- Length
- 5,075 mm
- 4,634 mm
- Weight
- –
- 1,540 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 2.5 L 4-cylinder turbo petrol
- 1.3 L 4-cylinder turbo petrol
- Power
- 170 kW (better)
- 120 kW
- Torque
- 420 Nm (better)
- 270 Nm
- Gearbox
- 6-speed automatic
- 7-speed dual-clutch
- Drive
- AWD
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Euro NCAP
- –
- ★★★★★
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.
CX-9 or GLB-Class?
Which is cheaper to run, the Mazda CX-9 or the Mercedes-Benz GLB-Class?
The Mercedes-Benz GLB-Class: about $90 a year less in New Zealand, $80 in Australia, £60 in the UK and $70 in the US than the Mazda CX-9 at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Mazda CX-9 or the Mercedes-Benz GLB-Class?
The Mercedes-Benz GLB-Class, at 8.7 L/100km (32 mpg UK, 27 mpg US) to the Mazda CX-9's 9.0 L/100km (31 mpg UK, 26 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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