Mercedes-Benz C250 vs Toyota Camry
The Camry 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
- $1,407
- $1,316 (better)
- Australia
- $1,168
- $1,091 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £855
- £800 (better)
- United States
- $1,087
- $1,017 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 4.4 L/100km
- 4.1 L/100km (better)
- UK
- 65 mpg
- 69 mpg (better)
- US
- 54 mpg
- 58 mpg (better)
- On a full tank
- 1,517 km (better)
- 1,229 km
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- –
- 524 L
- Length
- 4,581 mm
- 4,885 mm
- Weight
- –
- 1,565 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 1.8 L 4-cylinder turbo petrol
- 2.5 L 4-cylinder petrol hybrid
- Power
- 150 kW
- 170 kW (better)
- Torque
- 310 Nm (better)
- 221 Nm
- Gearbox
- 7-speed automatic
- E-CVT
- Drive
- RWD
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- ★★★★★
- Euro NCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Airbags
- –
- 7
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.
C250 or Camry?
Which is cheaper to run, the Mercedes-Benz C250 or the Toyota Camry?
The Toyota Camry: about $90 a year less in New Zealand, $80 in Australia, £60 in the UK and $70 in the US than the Mercedes-Benz C250 at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Mercedes-Benz C250 or the Toyota Camry?
The Toyota Camry, at 4.1 L/100km (69 mpg UK, 58 mpg US) to the Mercedes-Benz C250's 4.4 L/100km (65 mpg UK, 54 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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