Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class vs Volkswagen Phaeton
The GLA-Class costs less to run, by the official figures: about $30 a year less in New Zealand, $30 in Australia, £20 in the UK and $20 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
- $2,717 (better)
- $2,749
- Australia
- $2,254 (better)
- $2,280
- United Kingdom
- £1,650 (better)
- £1,670
- United States
- $2,099 (better)
- $2,124
Official figures
- Uses
- 8.4 L/100km (better)
- 8.5 L/100km
- UK
- 34 mpg (better)
- 33 mpg
- US
- 28 mpg (better)
- 28 mpg
- On a full tank
- 607 km
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Space
- Seats
- 5
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- Boot
- 435 L
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- Length
- 4,410 mm
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Engine
- Engine
- 1.3 L 4-cylinder turbo petrol
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- Power
- 120 kW
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- Torque
- 250 Nm
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- Gearbox
- 7-speed dual-clutch
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- Drive
- FWD
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Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
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- Euro NCAP
- ★★★★★
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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.
GLA-Class or Phaeton?
Which is cheaper to run, the Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class or the Volkswagen Phaeton?
The Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class: about $30 a year less in New Zealand, $30 in Australia, £20 in the UK and $20 in the US than the Volkswagen Phaeton at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class or the Volkswagen Phaeton?
The Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class, at 8.4 L/100km (34 mpg UK, 28 mpg US) to the Volkswagen Phaeton's 8.5 L/100km (33 mpg UK, 28 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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